Posted by Michael in Criminology on July 26, 2018
After 11 months and 34 posts (including this one), the time has come for me to say goodbye. The past couple of months have felt a little weird. I submitted my dissertation on the 15th May. That was the point where many students felt that they had come to the end of […]
Posted in Future | Tagged criminology, future, goodbye, Leicester University, university of leicester
Posted by Michael in Criminology on January 28, 2018
The last couple of months have been busy with essays and the dissertation. I’ve also spent a certain amount of time researching Masters courses at a range of institutions. I have applied to the University of Oxford. While I took the application process extremely seriously, I am going to presume I will not get in […]
Posted in Careers, Dissertation, Essay, Future, Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Leicester University, Masters degree, postgraduate study, university of leicester |
Posted by Michael in Criminology on October 24, 2017
This morning I attended the Careers Fairs at the University of Leicester. I was not there specifically to meet any exhibitors, but will do so later this week. I merely wanted to have a look around. The marquee was very impressive. There was a lot of smartly dressed students and useful fact-finding and networking going […]
Posted in Careers, Future, Graduation, Volunteering, Work, Year In Industry | Tagged Careers fair, Festival of Careers, Leicester University, university of leicester
Posted by Louise in Criminology on August 26, 2017
It will soon be that time of year again where the university year starts back up after a long summer, as well as this, it’ll also be the time of the year when you will have multiple different people come into your lectures to discuss things such as student ambassador roles, course representative roles and […]
Posted in City, Erasmus, Friends, Future, Placement, Study Abroad, Uncategorized
Posted by Michael in Criminology on August 23, 2017
Hello everyone! My name is Michael and I’m the student Blogger for Criminology for the 2017/18 academic year. For more information about me, please read my bio. I’m going to use the rest of this first post to tell you what you can expect from my blog this academic year, and why you should […]
Posted in Future, Studying | Tagged Leicester University, planning, studying
Posted by Frances in Criminology on July 31, 2017
About this time two years ago, I started my student blog and have learnt and grown so much since then, with the help of this blog to encourage me to reflect on my experiences. I distinctly remember being concerned that I wouldn’t be able to think of enough things to write about, but wow, has […]
Posted in Dissertation, Future | Tagged adventure, dissertation, end of uni, final, final year, future, goodbye, graduation, green criminology, growth, job, learning, passion, scarman prize, the end, third year, work
Posted by Frances in Criminology on January 5, 2017
Years before I was even thinking of applying to university, I frequently heard the phrase: “You don’t know real work until you’ve been to university.” Without focusing on the obvious problems with this phrase, I spent a large portion of my life quite bothered by this phrase, as I experienced a huge amount of […]
Posted in Dissertation, Essay, Exams, Future, Revision, Stress, Studying, Volunteering | Tagged dissertation, essay, Exams, mind set, optimism, positive, prioritising, revision, stress, studying, third year, volunteering, work |
Posted by Frances in Criminology on December 26, 2016
With the prospect of obtaining a job after university seeming increasingly challenging, especially in careers like the police, volunteering and work experience are becoming much more important both for students and for criminal justice agencies. Incidentally, the increased demand in criminal justice agencies for volunteers means increased variation for opportunities! In my last blog […]
Posted in Careers, Future, Intership, Placement, Volunteering | Tagged criminal justice fast track, internship, pcso, Police, police support volunteer, psv, specials, volunteer, volunteering, vpcso, work experience
Posted by Frances in Criminology on December 19, 2016
The phrase ‘It’s about who you know’ can sometimes seem synonymous with securing work in criminal justice jobs, especially if that job is in the police. As someone myself with no natural ties to the criminal justice system, it would have been easy to believe that entering this world was far too difficult. Similarly, the […]
Posted in Employment, Future, Intership, Placement, Volunteering, Work | Tagged application, criminal justice fast track, Police, shadowing, volunteering, work experience |
Posted by Frances in Criminology on October 12, 2016
So, I don’t know if this is common among university students, but I imagine it is… Being surrounded day-in-day-out by countless high-achieving and intelligent people at university can be great but also extremely overwhelming when it comes to your own self-confidence. I’ve personally always struggled a little bit with self-confidence and so at university, it […]
Posted in Future, Societies, Uncategorized, Volunteering | Tagged blogging, confidence, legal researcher, miscarriages of justice, opportunities, opportunity, pro bono, self esteem
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