Honest advice for navigating student life and successful study.
"Don't be afraid to try different things. Always be open, especially during the first-year. Have a go at everything 鈥� you never know what might jump out at you that you enjoy."
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"It鈥檚 worth being aware that postgraduate study doesn鈥檛 mean tying yourself 100% to a career in academia!"
"Choose what is going to really interest you, as you're going to be studying it intensely for three years!"
"I鈥檇 recommend staying on top of the reading. First year is about easing you into it and deciding which paths you鈥檙e going to follow. Enjoy it would be my best advice. Everyone is there to help you."
"Nothing is more important than passion. If you can understand what you鈥檙e good at and what you鈥檙e passionate about 鈥� and get the mix of those right 鈥� your career will go from strength to strength."
"I didn鈥檛 have a plan, but I found my feet and it鈥檚 been fun. It鈥檚 the skills that you learn, rather than the subject knowledge itself, that sets you up."
"Get clear work experience while you're a student, because companies and organisations are willing to lend a hand to students in a way they'll never lend a hand to someone who's just graduated."
"When applying for jobs in the heritage sector, if you haven鈥檛 done other things, you鈥檙e not going to stand out. Take those voluntary opportunities, go on the digs, get involved with schools, the museum, the Lakeside Arts centre..."
"To me, the journey that you鈥檝e made through your degree 鈥� the life lessons that you鈥檝e learnt, and the people that you鈥檝e met 鈥� are more important than your degree. I鈥檝e got two jobs now and I鈥檝e been able to step up in those because of the skills that I鈥檝e developed at uni."
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