On Wednesday I graduated from university. Contrary to what I previously imagined, it was a 2:2 – I missed out on the 2:1 by 0.25. I should be gutted. I’m not. It’s just a grade at the end of the day and it’s not a barrier to my job-seeking activities so there’s no reason to [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘University’
06/06/2010
I got a 2:1. The hard work starts now.
On Friday evening I got some really good news. All my marks from my final university modules have been released and I believe I am going to be graduating from the UCA in Farnham with a 2:1 in BA Honours Journalism. I’ve kind of scrapped it with an average mark of 60/100 but it doesn’t [...]
05/03/2010
Work experience – why it’s essential regardless of money
Yesterday I managed to score my first bit of work experience for a national music magazine/online publication. I am pretty damn excited over it as I’m hoping it can be the launch pad to a career in music journalism and I couldn’t be more happy. As I began planning travel and calculating costs I was [...]
16/02/2010
Something to read, watch and listen
Read: It’s Only A Movie by Mark Kermode. I’m already halfway through it after two days and it is a fascinating read, full of funny and entertaining anecdotes. I wish there were still tickets left for the upcoming London leg of his book tour at the Clapham Picturehouse but it’s sold out. Watch: Invictus, which [...]
11/02/2010
Have you used websites like Seatwave or Viagogo?
I posted this on The Musical Chairs on Tuesday but I’m going to reach out to readers of this blog as well: Some regular readers will know that I am a university student and I am now in the final few months of my BA Honours Journalism degree, fresh off handing in a very long [...]
