Posted by Osarenkhoe in Natural Sciences on April 30, 2016
Previously I did a blog about “Making the Most of University” where I reflected on the myriad of opportunities to have fun, learn and develop at university, aside from your course. I concluded that blog by saying that all you have to do is search for them; which is true, but I wanted to make […]
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Posted by Osarenkhoe in Natural Sciences on April 30, 2016
This has been an eventful week. I’ve been making applications to a range of different grad jobs and postgraduate programmes (for anyone lucky enough to have landed an interview, I recommend reading Katie’s interview guide which can be found here) but one of the major highlights of my week has been attending BluePrint. What is […]
Posted in Career, Employment, Future, Money | Tagged Business, Enterprising, Self-employed, Start-ups
Posted by Osarenkhoe in Natural Sciences on March 31, 2016
After several months in the lab it’s finally time to start writing up my research project. In the third year I was required to do a research project and this acted as great preparation for my fourth year project. The most valuable lesson I learnt was to treat my write-up as part of my research. […]
Posted in Dissertation, Reseach, Stress, Studying | Tagged project
Posted by Osarenkhoe in Natural Sciences on March 31, 2016
The Natural Science course at the University of Leicester is a research-led course and that’s true for all of the years on the course. However, the fourth year has some significant differences when compared to previous years. Before I get into that let me briefly explain the difference between degree options Natural Science offers. There’s […]
Posted in Studying
Posted by Osarenkhoe in Natural Sciences on March 25, 2016
Today I’ve been reflecting on my university experience and I can honestly say that deciding to go to university was definitely a great decision. I’ve learnt so much through the Natural Science course but what I didn’t expect was how much learning I’d be doing outside of my course too. The subject you choose […]
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Posted by Osarenkhoe in Natural Sciences on February 29, 2016
The Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics (JIST) volume 5 is currently being compiled; new papers have and will be added to it over the next few weeks making for another interesting instalment in the journal. For those of you that are unfamiliar with JIST I’ll summarise it briefly: JIST is a student journal run by […]
Posted in Leisure, News, Reseach | Tagged JIST, Pokémon, Student journal
Posted by Osarenkhoe in Natural Sciences on February 28, 2016
It’s the second term of my final year and I’m filled with mixed emotions. I’m excited to graduate but also anxious. With the clock ticking, my focus has expanded beyond succeeding in my course to include future career plans. It’s never too early to think of your career aspirations and make steps towards them. Luckily, […]
Posted in Future, Graduation, Postgraduate Study, Reseach, Studying, Work
Posted by Osarenkhoe in Natural Sciences on February 14, 2016
Hello, my name is Osarenkhoe and I’ll be taking over the Natural Science Blog for the duration of the academic year. I’m currently in the fourth and final year of the course. A large portion of this year has and will continue to be spent working on my research project, studying nanoparticles produced using a […]
Posted in News, Reseach, Studying | Tagged Einstein, Gravitational, LIGO, Valentine's Day
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