Posted by Joseph in Geology on July 27, 2018
This is my last post as a University of Leicester Student Blogger. My time at Leicester has gone incredibly quickly and now that I’ve graduated it’s time for me to go out into the real world (and see if it really is as scary as it seems!). Whilst I’ve been a student here I’ve had […]
Posted in Future, Graduation | Tagged Geology, graduate, Leicester, student, summer, undergraduate, University of Leicester
Posted by Joseph in Geology on May 14, 2018
Last weekend I took advantage of the sunny weather and visited Beacon Hill near Loughborough. It’s a great place to visit for a walk close to Leicester and has great views over Loughborough and the Leicestershire countryside. Beacon Hill is part of Charnwood Forest in northern Leicestershire, an area with some very interesting geology, which […]
Posted in City | Tagged Beacon Hill, Fieldwork, Geology, Leicester, Leicestershire, rocks, student, summer, undergraduate, university life, University of Leicester
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 8, 2017
As a geologist you find that it’s almost impossible to escape geology, because we study Planet Earth which is all around us. This proved to be the case on my family holiday this year, which I spent on the Jurassic Coast. Although I was on holiday my geology student brain couldn’t switch off and I […]
Posted in Holiday | Tagged Geology, holiday, Jurassic Coast, student, summer, Travel, 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 Finn in Geology on June 13, 2012
Exams are over! (for us lucky University chaps, anyway) Some are moving on to pastures new and getting jobs, growing up and all the normal type of things that folk do when they finally leave the school system. Some of us are putting off entering the real world just a little bit longer and staying […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged barbecue, BBQ, park, party, summer
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