If You Have Been – Thank You for Reading!
I have never been a blogger before – in any context. I applied to a University of Leicester ad’ to do this for one year and I have enjoyed it as a new experience. Soon, they will be looking for a new Distance Learning Criminology blogger. Have a think about applying, it can be fun […]
Why Criminology Anyway?
When I was younger, so much younger than today … I did an undergraduate degree in Geography and Sociology, I was interested in the spaces people inhabited and how societies acted as they did. I did a Criminology and Psychology degree because I wanted to know how people thought and why only some committed crime. In […]
The Joys of Presenting
Presentation skills are important in business. The ability to convincingly assert your point is something that many of us are called upon to do, but don’t have the requisite skills to always accomplish. Presentations are now central to many job interviews, business meetings and electronic communications. Not to mention training interventions. One of my former roles […]
Will all be quiet on New Years Day? Police Recruitment and Volunteering for Students.
Today is the 31st December 2013. That means tomorrow is the year I graduate, which is a pretty big deal! This means trying to figure out what career you want and then the beginning of laborious job hunting! As a Criminology student, it may be of no surprise that I want my future career in this […]
Theory and Practice (Makes Perfect)
At University you learn things. This may be the most obvious statement you have ever read but it is worth thinking about in more depth. It is one thing to ‘learn’ something that is written in a book or journal article. It is another thing to put it into practice in the real world where […]
Busy Busy Times! Presentations, Essays and Varsity!
Were approaching that time of year when everybody is busy, the last few weeks of second semster before the Easter break and right now I’m standing in the careers area writing this because all the PC’s with chairs are taken. I’ve had a fun time in the last week putting two presentations together, one was […]
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