Entries Tagged as ‘University’

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 is a very [...]

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 dissertation. [...]

25/01/2010

Dissertation: done

Well, I say done, what I mean is that the first draft is finished. Tomorrow is going to be spent going over it and tidying up some stuff and then Wednesday and Thursday will be spent dressing it up with the usual academic conventions. Either way, the end is very much in sight now and [...]

18/01/2010

The home straight

It’s dawned on me that this coming semester is my last as a university student. Blimey. It’s a miracle that I’ve managed to survived for as long as I have without going insane but what I do know, eh?
Anyway, the next two weeks will be spent finishing off my dissertation. I am currently at 4,500 [...]