Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on June 13, 2019
Many students (like myself) struggle to balance working, resting and having a social life during the semester, but this seems to have become even harder now that summer has arrived! I didn’t seem to have this problem last year because I wasn’t really assigned to do anything over the summer in first year… but […]
Posted in Dissertation | Tagged balance, dissertation, relax, summer, University, University of Leicester, work
Posted by Liv in American Studies on April 20, 2018
As I have no exams this year, only (lol) essays and a dissertation due in, I finish the university year really early on the 8th May. This seems crazy to me as it’s only eighteen days away… but I’m really looking forward to the lack of stress and pressure when I’m done. As I’m in […]
Posted in Dissertation, Essay, Future, Graduation, Health, Study Abroad | Tagged end of uni, final year, graduation, learning
Posted by Liv in American Studies on September 29, 2017
Wherever you look these days, America is plastered across our screens in some shape or form whether it is in the form of Trump idiocy, the brink of nuclear war or crazy weather. We live in a time where America is centre stage and, whether we like it or not, impacts our everyday lives in […]
Posted in Dissertation, Future, News, Study Abroad, Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged america, american studies, degree, politics, trump
Posted by Liv in American Studies on September 11, 2017
I happened to flick through my brother’s copy of the Gentleman’s Journal lying on the sofa and by some stroke of luck saw an interview between art curator Zoe Whitley and Babou Ceesay discussing the Tate Modern’s powerful new exhibition; Soul of a Nation, Art in the Age of Black Power. Having already set my […]
Posted in Dissertation, News, Study Abroad, Studying | Tagged Art, Black Power, Soul of a Nation, Tate Modern
Posted by Liv in American Studies on August 28, 2017
I feel like I’ve been in a weird transition, floating period since I got back from America mid-may. I had finished my year abroad in Florida and come to the end of my two week road trip around California but I still had the best part of four months until I embarked on my final […]
Posted in Dissertation, Societies, Study Abroad, Studying, Volunteering | Tagged america, dissertation, final year, leicester, study, year abroad
Posted by Courtney in American Studies on May 14, 2017
The end of April and beginning of May has been a busy time for me. I came back to Leicester after spending the bank holiday weekend at home in Suffolk and since stepping off the train it’s been non-stop. Leicester Vegan Festival & Handmade Festival It will reassure you to know that even […]
Posted in Dissertation, Exams, Future, Leisure | Tagged dissertation, exams, leisure, life update, revision |
Posted by Courtney in American Studies on February 26, 2017
It’s the time of year when you can scare all finalists by uttering just one word to them; ‘dissertation’. The big deadline is looming on the horizon for all my fellow American Studies final years, and it’s strange to think that by May 10th the piece of work that I will have spent almost two […]
Posted in Dissertation, Future, Graduation, Studying | Tagged dissertation
Posted by Jack in American Studies on July 1, 2015
Hey y’all. So pretty much everyone has got their results back now and I hope that you got the results you deserved! It’s hard to avoid Facebook statuses confirming everyone’s final degree mark (guilty as charged) but it’s a time to celebrate whatever mark or whatever honour you get as you’ve now completed university! In […]
Posted in Career, Dissertation, Employment, Essay, Future, Graduation, Postgraduate Study, Work | Tagged americanstudies, dissertation, friends, history, Modules, Student Blogs, University of Leicester, working
Posted by Jack in American Studies on April 23, 2015
Hey y’all. The British general election is approaching and everyone’s got their own opinion on which party they want to vote for and why. I thought I’d do a little comparison between the political systems of both America and Britain to try and distinguish which is better and why. The most noticeable difference between both […]
Posted in Dissertation, News, Reseach, Studying, Year In Industry | Tagged america, civilrights, dissertation, election, government, history, life, politics, resolutions, Study Abroad, University of Leicester |
Posted by Jack in American Studies on March 24, 2015
Hey y’all. So over the last two nights I’ve watched two cracking television documentaries. One from my main man Louis Theroux and another from the old school Sir Trevor McDonald. Louis focused on mental illness in America and Trevor spent three months with some of the most notorious mafioso in American history. Both of them […]
Posted in Dissertation, Employment, Leisure, News, Reseach, Revision, Stress, Study Abroad, Studying | Tagged america, american, americanstudies, civilrights, documentaries, film, history, life, Student Blogs, Travel, tv
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