Posted by Charlotte in American Studies on April 25, 2019
One of the biggest concerns of many prospective and current students is whether or not they can afford to attend university. The answer is yes. Whether you can get by on student loans and money kindly donated to you from the bank of Mum and Dad, or whether you need to subsidise your income […]
Posted in Work | Tagged income, job, part time work, student job, student jobs, University, University of Leicester, work
Posted by Liv in American Studies on November 20, 2017
As I’m in final year now I’ve felt the pressure mounting, from both myself and external forces, to find a job for next year when I’m thrown into the real world and released from the uni bubble. Job hunting was initially, and still is to some extent, a daunting prospect as I still had no […]
Posted in Career, Employment, Future, Work | Tagged career, future, grad scheme
Posted by Courtney in American Studies on March 14, 2017
I’ve talked about my part time jobs on my blog several times before, and I firmly believe that the only reason I’ve been able secure a graduate job in the civil service is because of the transferable skills I’ve gained by working alongside my degree. So, for this week’s post, I thought I would talk […]
Posted in Stress, Work | Tagged brand, part time, working
Posted by Courtney in American Studies on December 18, 2016
Greetings University of Leicester students, my mum, and anyone else who stumbles across my blog. This is likely to be my last post before Christmas, so to all those who celebrate I wish you a Merry Christmas. If you don’t celebrate Christmas or any other holiday this time of year, then enjoy the month long […]
Posted in Employment, Friends, Holiday, Leisure, Studying, Work | Tagged Christmas, holiday, life, life update |
Posted by Liv in American Studies on December 27, 2015
Since the beginning of the presidential election campaign we’ve seen Donald Trump plastered across our screens and across all forms of media because of stupid things he’s said or extreme policies he’s backing. We’ve also seen his rise, with quite a lot of incredulity, to popularity and it really (really) begs the question; who is […]
Posted in Studying, Uncategorized, Work | Tagged america, election, politics, president, trump
Posted by Liv in American Studies on October 5, 2015
I’ve now been in my house for around three weeks and so far I’m absolutely loving it. As fun as halls were for first year, there’s something so exciting about having your own house with your friends and taking on real, adult responsibilities which didn’t even occur to me during first year. Aside from the […]
Posted in Friends, Future, Leisure, Work
Posted by Liv in American Studies on August 26, 2015
It’s now less than two weeks until I move into my second year uni house and I am unbelievably excited, not only to have our own space but also to see everyone again and get back into some sort of structure (apparently waking up at 11 isn’t the most productive way to spend ones day). […]
Posted in Friends, Leisure, Studying, Work | Tagged inspiration, nationalgallery, secondyear, soundscapes
Posted by Liv in American Studies on July 28, 2015
Less than ten minutes after having raced to the end of Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’, I’m taking to my laptop to express my thoughts towards the novel. Having highly anticipated the release of To Kill a Mockingbird’s sequel (or prequel, as Lee technically wrote Watchman before Mockingbird) and realising the relevance of the […]
Posted in Leisure, Studying, Uncategorized, Work | Tagged america, americanstudied, gosetawatchman, harperlee, novel
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
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