Category: Jobs and careers
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Time flies!
Today, as people are wondering how they’ll manage the last, intense, week of classes, what the final exams will consist off, or even what will be on the dinner table at…
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Keeping up with deadlines
Hello all, I’m Freddy. I’m a second year Social and Political Sciences student, and I’m going to be blogging about all things York this year. For my first post, I…
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Why York? Why Law?
So this is my first blog post, and I thought it would be fitting to share with you all why I chose to study Law and why I picked York…
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How has university helped me with my future?
I believe all of you are like me, in that you want to get into a great career after university. However, how does university help you with getting your dream…
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Internships, work experience, student placements, etc, etc…
Internships, work experience, student placements, I’m sure you’ve probably had six million careers talks all about the merit of doing them. The ‘transferable’ skills you’ll gain and how great it’ll…
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Study Abroad – Settling in
My first six-week term at Rhodes University, South Africa, started with “Suicide Sunday” and ended with “Hell week”. These are names given by “Rhodents” for the first Sunday back of…
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Spinning Plates – it can be done!
As a mature Masters Student studying Global Marketing, I considered that doing an internship would be invaluable experience and I was eager to find one. I couldn’t believe how many opportunities there…
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An International Study Centre in the USA: reflecting on what I really gained and learnt…
Hi there once again, I’m sorry for being a bit quiet on this front- my dissertation has started occupying every conscious thought that I have! Before this dissertation take-over happened…
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An Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience: 3 epic weeks in the USA
Hi again, As the title probably gives away, these past 3 weeks in the USA have been an epic whirlwind of everything! That includes culture shock, seeing and experiencing new…
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Getting in and out of Clearing
This is a strange piece to write, because in some ways I hope that people won’t need to read it, as I hope everyone will get the grades they want…
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The Return to SA
Countdown to take off! I am SO excited that I will be setting off for South Africa in a matter of weeks. Since spending a year in Swaziland as a…
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Goodbye England, Hello USA!
So, there is only 1 short day until I board my flight, with 25 other lovely York students, to the USA for our course and our mini-adventure! Although I have been…