Posted by Faheema in Sociology on June 10, 2018
My journey here at the University of Leicester started off in clearing process and lets say it is not a decision I regret! The clearing service was so simple, straightforward and quick! During the initial phone call where the advisor just asked what course I was interested in and what grades I had achieved, I […]
Posted in Exams, Holiday, Stress | Tagged Clearing, sociology, University of Leicester |
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on February 17, 2018
If you’re not aware but many university staff members, mainly teaching staff, are going on strike from this coming week. The dates they are striking are: Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd February Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th & Wednesday 28th February Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th, Wednesday 7th & Thursday 8th March Monday 12th, Tuesday 13th, Wednesday […]
Posted in Money, Stress, Studying | Tagged Money, Strikes, University of Leicester
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on July 12, 2017
As someone who has lived in Leicester their whole life, there are things which bug me but more importantly there are many more things that I love about Leicester! Multiculturalism – Leicester is a very very diverse place. We are not short of many places of worship (mosques, churches, temples…). Plus we have the biggest […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged leicester, University of Leicester
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
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
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
Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on February 20, 2016
Wow I have done a fair bit on my dissertation since my last update. The last time I posted about my dissertation I had finished writing the first 3 chapters (the introduction, literature review and methodology). When I say ‘finished’ they are by no means completely finished because I am constantly adding things to them […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dissertation, gentrification, interviews, norfolk, qualitative research, research project, sociology, University of Leicester
Posted by Olivia W in Sociology on February 10, 2016
If I had to state my favourite thing about studying Sociology here at the University of Leicester it would most definitely be the lecturers. I honestly thought before coming to university (not knowing a thing about university of course…) that lectures would be very long and possible slightly boring. Oh how wrong I was! Every […]
Posted in Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged blog, lecturers, sociology, staff, University of Leicester
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