Forum: Student

When I signed up for my Open Days I naturally assumed I would do it by myself. I wouldn't want my parents to go, it would cost them more money also (nearly all of my options are far away from home) and my friends are going to different uni's and have n't considered open days yet( i am in year 12 but have been advised to start early). Do you think it's a bit strange? When I went to one recently, I...

Hey there :wave: If you're struggling with exams right now then check out what went on in last week's exam chat - loads of great ideas for revision motivation and making revision more fun as well as tips on how to manage the stress of exams. http://www.thesite.org/community/thesocial/chat/chatarchive/exams :thumb:

Does anybody know of any good places in nottingham for work experience?? I'm asking for a friend; I did my work experience last year and regret wasting it. So I wanna help her find somewhere that she will enjoy and which will be a great experience. So any ideas? :D

I'm having one of those middle of the night brain won't shut up thinking kinda moments... Does degree classification matter when applying for jobs? Do people really get turned down for not having a certain grade? Has anybody ever been refused from a job because of the grade they finished with? My friends seem obsessed with comparing grades and it sends me cuckoo. I'm not sure what my...

I really want to do a MSc this year but obviously it's not as simple as getting all your loans from student loans company any more. I was just wondering how anyone here that has done postgrad who self funded went about it? And how was repaying it afterwards? I am aware of the career development loan you can get from the bank but if I remember rightly you have to start repaying it 3 months after...

What would be a good minor (paired with a geology major) if I want to study planetary science? I plan on being a geology major once I get my general education out of the way. Would astronomy be a good minor? What other minors would be good preparation for graduate study in planetary science? ___________________________________ external keyword tool ~ keyworddiscovery.com ~ keycompete.com ~...

I'm looking at both the MAs in Music and Humanities with the open uni, I'm not sure which would work for me, but I'm so not sure if studying with the OU would work for me. A friend of mine has been studying for a BA with the OU and she's said she's had to give it 12hrs a week. I'm not sure I could give it that much time right now because of my health, but I'd like to hope that maybe next year...

Next year, theres a course I would like to do if I am well enough. But funding seems to be a huge problem. Its a level 4 course and vocational, so even if I could get student funding I can't because its vocational (a level 4 C&G course). I doubt I would be able to get a career development loan because I'm not sure how I'd pay it back straight away. Its possible but very unlikely that I could find...

Hello hello, bit of a long shot with this one but hopefully somebody will know something! I'm writing my dissertation and because it's a science-based research study I need to do some sort of statistical analysis with the results that I get from the study. I was wondering if anybody knows what is best to use, whether it's possible to make sense of it all through Microsoft Excel or whether it...

Im in my second year of a four year degree, and i want to quit, i have felt like i wanted to quit since the end of first year. I am studying nutrition and dietetics and i realised that i have no interest in this i do not want to tell people what they should or shouldnt eat, i have no motivation to do to do the work, and i do not enjoy uni life it is not for me! im just not sure what i want to do...

Hi I am a student from the Netherlands and I'm doing research about the fame of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and for this I need your help. I am wondering how famous he is. So I have a few (just 2 actually) questions for you: 1. Do you know who Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is? 2. Do you know where he is from? Just reply, even if you don't know anything. Thank you in advance. :)

I'm not sure it would be helpful to go into the whiney specifics because I've already covered it in different threads and it must be getting boring. To summarise, I'm on an MA in Social Work course (fulltime) and have started my first placement at a really good school for children with complex learning difficulties as well some with a physical disability. I'm in my sixth week there (3 days...

Hello, :wave: I am moving on to Sixth Form College in september and i've got an interview for the one I want on the 27th January (oh my god, that soon). Yeah, the letter says... 'If you have a Record of Achievement, it is helpful if you can bring this with you.' Urm... stupid question but what is one of these? I do not have one. Is it a CV? Dont want to get rejected from the place I want...

I'm really struggling to find an MA program that will actually allow me to do the dissertation that I want to. I don't really see the pont in doing an MA that doesn't even point me in the right direction of where I want to do further work. I'm starting to think about looking abroad/OU/MRes, but I'm not sure of my options. I'm looking at a possible september start if I can go part time, if not it...

Hi guys, wasn't quite sure were to put this so please move if needed :) I want to teach myself Latin, and was just wondering if anyone could recommend any books or websites they found useful? Thanks

I'm in the process of applying for a Masters and need to write a personal statement... Only, I'm not 100% sure as to what I should write... The course is an MSc in Gender, Sexuality and Society... I did my dissertation for my BA (human rights and politics) on a gender related topic and I've volunteered in Nepal with trafficked women, but this was years ago... I am active with campaigning,...

There doesn't seem to be a thread on this yet, so thought I'd get the ball rolling with a comment piece from Which? http://conversation.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/ucas-student-university-application-reforms/ What do you think of the proposed reforms? :chin:

Heya, I'm wondering how many of you out there (aged 19+) are or have taken an Access course in the past and how well you've did? I'm also a member of TSR where I've been in frequent discussion about Access courses and apparently a lot of people do well in them and get into reputable universities, including a guy who went to my old college who ended up at Cambridge studying Law.

Hi it's me again, seem to be posting a lot in here recently! Anyway I'm wondering if anybody has any tips on presenting skills. I am useless at talking in front of people and in a few weeks I have a pretty important research presentation proposing what I plan to do for my dissertation, I have presented in front of people before but there will be more people watching this time and it will...

Hey guys :) We've been told that if we want to do work experience we have to find the placement ourselves. I was just wondering if anyone could give advice about how to do this, and where would be a good place to do work experience? (I want to be a lawyer or work with the mentally ill, but I doubt I'll be able to do anything like that for work experience haha!) Thanks, Niamh

Hey!:yippe: Just wondered if there is anyone on here who is either volunteering with a view to doing an archival training course or already qualified as an archivist? Is anyone currently on any of the courses? If so hows it going and where are you? Would be good to know if anyone is:wave: