Posted by Joseph in Geology on October 31, 2017
Last week the Career Development Service hosted the annual Festival of Careers, where hundreds of employers come on to campus to speak to students about graduate jobs, placements and internships. The main events were the fairs taking place in the marquee, with a different area every day covering everything from volunteering and getting experience to law […]
Posted in Career, Employment, Studying | Tagged applying, Career Development Service, careers, Festival of Careers, Leicester, student, undergraduate, University, University of Leicester
Posted by Joseph in Geology on October 25, 2017
From an outsider’s perspective, it might look like geology students spend all their time running off around the world on field trips. However geologists also spend a lot of time inside working in labs. Over the couple of weeks I’ve been spending a lot of time in the lab doing work for my fourth year […]
Posted in Lab, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Geology, lab, learning, research, rocks, skills, undergraduate, University, University of Leicester, UoL
Posted by Joseph in Geology on September 25, 2017
If you ask any geology student what their favourite thing about studying geology is, they’ll probably tell you it’s the fieldwork because we get to go to some amazing places as part of our course. Many aspects of geology are much easier to understand if you can see them for real rather than just looking […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Field work, Fieldwork, Geology, Leicester, Sicily, summer, the university of Leicester, Travel, undergraduate
Posted by Joseph in Geology on September 18, 2017
If you’re starting your first year next week then you’re probably looking forward to Freshers Week with a mixture of nerves and excitement. 3 years ago I was in exactly the same position as you, so I thought I’d share a few tips to help you make the most of your first week at university. […]
Posted in Societies, Sport, Studying | Tagged First Week, Freshers, Freshers Fortnight, Geology, Leicester, socialising, societies, undergraduate, University, university life, University of Leicester
Posted by Joseph in Geology on August 30, 2017
Hello, I’m Joseph and welcome to my first post as geology blogger. I was blogging last year during my year abroad in New Zealand on the Study Abroad blog, so check out my posts if you’re interested in finding out about my experience. If you’ve just got your A-level results and are heading to Leicester […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Geology, Leicester, research, student, summer, undergraduate, University, University of Leicester
Posted by Jo M in Geology on March 28, 2016
The idea of undertaking a PhD application never sounded too scary. I had been toying with the idea for six months or so… A PhD or straight into industry? For me the deciding moment happened when I presented my ongoing MGeol Masters Research Project at MDSG (Mineral Deposits Study Group) back in January this […]
Posted in Career, Employment, Future, Graduation, Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Geology, Leicester, PhD, postgrad, research, the university of Leicester
Posted by Jo M in Geology on March 11, 2016
Fourth-years are beginning to reach the final hurdle of their undergraduate degree. Some are nearing completion of their Masters Research Projects, whilst the majority (me included) run around like headless chickens trying to complete a to-do list that seems to have no finish. I’m going to share with you a normal day of data […]
Posted in Dissertation, Reseach, Studying | Tagged data, Geology, Leicester, masters, research, University of Leicester, UoL
Posted by Jo M in Geology on January 14, 2016
Hello 2016! I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. Mine was the usual, but still great to spend so much time with family, eating, catching up with Netflix favourites and watching awful tele, but that’s what Christmas is about right? Now that the New Year has arrived, and so have exams, […]
Posted in Career, Future, Graduation, Studying | Tagged BGS, conference, Dublin, MDSG, MGeol, research, University of Dublin, University of Leicester, UoD, UoL
Posted by Jo M in Geology on November 26, 2015
Do you enjoy studying sciences but still unsure what subject to continue in higher education? Have you thought of studying geology? For me, geology is an amalgamation of all sciences. Throughout my degree so far, I’ve had the opportunity to be a geophysicist, a geochemist, a geostatistican, a sedimentologist and a palaeobiologist. I had always […]
Posted in Dissertation, Future, Graduation, Lab, Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Studying | Tagged biology, chemistry, Geology, Leicester, physics, statistics, undergraduate, UoL
Posted by Jo M in Geology on September 11, 2015
As term-time is approaching, more and more MGeol students are appearing around the department eager to get ahead of the game. An MGeol project is a compulsory research module where students are fully responsible to complete independently and is worked on alongside the usual studies and commitments that comes with an academic year. When entering […]
Posted in Career, Employment, Future, Internship, Lab, Placement, Study Abroad, Studying, Work | Tagged blogging, Geology, Leicester, mining, rocks, University of Leicester, UoL
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