I’m starting Geology at Leicester, what should I expect?
Now it may sound cliché, but you are about to embark on the best 3 or 4 years of your life so far. First years… I am majorly jealous of you. I’d love to be starting university again. The friends you’re going to make during Freshers and your induction fortnight within Geology, really do set […]
Standing out from the crowd
For those of you who don’t know about our Career Development Service, they are the cream crackers, they’re brilliant! They’ve always had the time to listen to my questions, respond to my emails and offer great advice. As students, it can be slightly daunting. You may not be ready to grow up and enter the […]
Confessions of a Student: Part 1
Budgeting! Before university, it’s the one word we hear a thousand times from our parents! Commuting, textbooks, food, the list is endless. Among many other things, these need to be considered into our budgets. Some students are really lucky they can rely on the bank of mum and dad for either a weekly allowance or […]
Hello, I am Jo and you are?
I am one of the recent additions to the UofL student bloggers, so hello and welcome to my very first blog post! My name is Jo and as of October, I will be entering the fourth and last year of my degree studying Geology. Yes we do look at rocks and volcanoes I hear you […]
North of the wall part 1 (The day to day life and making friends with the staff)
I’m back and as promised here is a summarised account of the independent fieldwork I undertook in the desolate but somewhat magical lands of NW Scotland. For ease of reading I have divided the trip up into 4 segments and, rather like a soap opera, will display two this week and the other two next […]
Independent fieldwork in the NW highlands
This time in just over 2 weeks I will be in Inverness, which is so far away from me I have to travel by aeroplane. Not that I’m complaining I mean; first class, movies, free buffet… oh no wait I’m a student, therefore squished between two large Scottish women on a tiny and slightly malodorous […]
Anglesey Fieldtrip
Holy Island is a small island off the coast of Anglesey which is a small island off the coast of north Wales, Britain which is itself a small island. We spent 5 days there over the Easter holidays mapping the world renowned structural geology of Anglesey. Structural geology is the part of geology that deals […]
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