Olivia W

I am Olivia and I study sociology. I am originally from Southampton but now live in the beautiful countryside of Norfolk. As well as being sociologically based my blogs will often surround topics such as the music industry, life as an identical twin and my life here at university.

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A farewell blog

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on July 20, 2016

As I was walking onto the stage at De Montfort Hall on Friday 15th July to receive my degree certificate I was feeling a huge mixture of emotions. I was hugely proud and happy to be graduating with a First Class Honours in Sociology but sad that my three years at University had come to […]

Posted in Graduation | Tagged farewell, graduation, leicester, sociology, university, UoL

And I am done…

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on June 5, 2016

At 11.30am on Friday I walked out of the Charles Wilson building having just completed my final exam of Third Year. Having celebrated all day (and night) on Friday and attending the Riverside Festival with my housemates yesterday its only now that I have had time to think that its sunk in that my time […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged graduating, leicester, third year, university

Are you a twin?

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on May 21, 2016

In studying Sociology, or studying any other subject at a research-led university like the University of Leicester, you come to realise just how important research is. In this blog I am going to tell you about the research for which I am participant in the hope that it will be of interest to you. Since […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged research, twins

Lot of relief, lots of stress and lots of fun: Where I am currently at with my degree

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on May 13, 2016

On the 12th of May at 16.30, my friend and I made our way up to the Third Floor of the Attenborough Tower to hand in our finished Research Projects (a whole 4 days before the deadline). After a whole year of seemingly endless reading and writing and a couple of sleepless nights it was […]

Posted in Dissertation, Leisure, Studying | Tagged dissertation, research project, sociology, third year

Third Year, Semester Two

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on May 8, 2016

This blog is the final instalment of a series of blogs I have posted over the last few months which outline the modules I have completed during my time studying for a Sociology Degree at the University of Leicester. I am only outlining two modules here because the third one for this semester is the […]

Posted in Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged lectures, modules, sociology, third year, topics, University of Leicester

Hello Exams…

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on April 23, 2016

Now that Easter is done and dusted it is, sadly, time to begin concentrating on summer exams (how is it that time again already?!). Through my three years studying here I have consistently achieved decent grades in exams which means I am probably a good person to speak to about exam tips, so here are some […]

Posted in Exams, Revision, Stress, Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged exams, help, revision, sociology, stress, University of Leicester

Third Year, Semester One

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on April 17, 2016

Over the last few months I have been writing a number of blogs which outline the modules I have completed over my time at university so that anybody looking to study Sociology here can get a feel for what to expect. So here’s what I got up to in my first semester of third year: […]

Posted in Dissertation, Studying | Tagged modules, sociology, study, third year, University of Leicester

Update On My Dissertation Part 2: Changing My Question

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on April 3, 2016

Ahhh, the deadline for my 10,000 word dissertation is looming fast. Well, it’s actually still another month and a half away yet but with a 5,000 word case study due in the week before and a 2 hour exam shortly after there is actually very little time available. But, it looks like I am on […]

Posted in Dissertation

Second Year, Semester Two

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on March 26, 2016

I have so far outlined the modules I completed in my first year at university and those in the first semester of second year. I will now outline the modules that I took in the second semester of second year. We had some element of choice in this semester as there were 4 modules from […]

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Second Year, Semester One

Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on March 15, 2016

Following on from some of my previous blogs about what my first year studying Sociology at the University of Leicester entailed, this blog will outline the modules I completed in the first semester of my second year: Social Class and Inequalities: Social class is a major concept in Sociology and comes up in a variety […]