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I have enjoyed blogging but times are a’ changing. I’ve been busy reading for my dissertation (as if that needed mentioning again) and trying to sort out my life as final year approaches along with all the many responsibilities I signed up for in the previous year, seeming to converge on me at once. Which includes […]
Journey
I smile but I’m too tired, weary from a long train journey but now this old train keeps me awake. I’m in Skegness to visit a good friend from uni for a ‘Pre-term party’ and this reminded me of how accustomed I’ve become to travelling and indeed, the uni lifestyle. This reminded me of my […]
Wet Summery Times
I’m about the take a ride in the rain to a climbing centre I found in Audley, a small village about 9 miles from Crewe (my home town). This should get me back into shape to make the most of rock climbing when I get back to University in October. Having a hobby is a great […]
Live for the Weekend or Die Hard in the Weekday
There are three accommodation choices for student’s coming to the University of Leicester and this can also apply to other city Universities. These choices are student halls in Oadby Village, City Living in Nixon or Opal court and private renting usually in Evington or Clarendon Park areas in Leicester city. If you’ve been to one of the […]
Top Secret! ‘Inside Info’ for Your Personal Statement
I hope we’ve all enjoyed the weather before it became more indecisive than an Undergraduate with three Degrees and one degree of separation. At the two Open Days we had last week I met some students applying for Criminology and hopefully we’ll be seeing them next year. A few students wanted some ‘inside info’ for their […]
Open Days: See Everything but Don’t Get Lost!
We have two open days on next week! You may have already seen the open day programmes or will be handed them on the day, so I’m going to write about my open day experience along with a few recommendations. During my open day I was determined to find the Criminology department and wasn’t so […]
Fiction to Fact: Academic Reading and Writing
It’s been so long since I had time for reading fiction that I forgot how much I enjoy it. Yesterday I finished the first Inspector Rebus novel Knots and Crosses (1987) by Ian Rankin. He is a genius, giving away just enough clues for your own imagination to take over and form your own conclusions. I […]
Thinking Back: How Times Change
‘Sittin’ back, staring through the haze of that road…’ I was sitting back lately listening to Maverick Sabre, thinking back to before I was a student and recent times partying with students at Beach Break Live, singing along to Maverick Sabre! Times have changed but it’s all for the good. I’m going to keep this short […]
Final Year Choices: Cultural Poet or Justice Critic?
The right combination of 3rd Year optional modules can be chosen for effectiveness or personal preference. Phrases like ‘political brick’ and ‘mediated mirrors’ take me back to open mic nights with the Band and Gig Society or creative speaking at Everybody’s Reading Festival. Although you have a choice between these Criminological poets and the Critics of Criminal […]
Criminology and Omniscience: Essay Exams
Omniscience is the ability to know everything infinitely and as broad as Criminology is as a social science, it is not infinite and we cannot learn everything. This will become apparent in your second year when you learn new things about society every week in your seminars. Study Prisons, Probation and Punishment which can seem […]
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