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MY YELLOW BRICK ROADLewis Smith,BA Modern History and PoliticsSenior Student Ambassador
I AM ESSEXI AM SUFFOLK
I AM SUFFOLK
IPSWICH
I AM SUFFOLKFATHER MOTHER
ALL HAVE STRONG SUFFOLK ACCENTS
(NOT ME)EXCEPT ‘I LIKE IT’
OTHER FAMILY- HLTA, PIG FARMER, SPORTS CAMP STAFFNO OTHER FAMILY WENT TO UNIVERSITY
MY HIGH SCHOOL LIFE
YEAR 8
8 MINS AWAYWELL PERFORMING
WORK EXPERIENCEY10 WORKED IN MY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Y12-13 WORKED WITH LABOUR PARTY
DOOR KNOCKING, LETTER STUFFING, DATA ENTRY
ETC.
AFTER SIXTH FORM
UNIVERSITY?SURE. WHY NOT.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL SIXTH FORM
NATURALLY UNIVERSITY?
MY FRIENDS?
CAR MECHANIC-
IPSWICH
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL- EGYPTOLOGY
NEW ZEALAND- GAP YEAR
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON-
CHEMISTRY
AFTER SIXTH FORMRESEARCHING BLIND.NO IDEA WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, WHAT COURSE, WHAT LOCATION, WHAT JOB… BUT…HISTORY AND POLITICSBUT…NOT OLD HISTORY
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHHORRIBLE OLD HISTORY
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHMODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHMY DEGREEMODERN HISTORY, PREFERABLY
WITH POLITICS REASONABLY CLOSE TO HOME (NOT
TOO CLOSE) WELL PERFORMING ON LEAGUE
TABLEShttp://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHMODERN
LOOKING, WELL PERFORMING
CLOSE BUT NOT FAR
THE LAST UNIVERSITY I FOUND, THE FIRST ONE I WANTED TO GO TO
HERE AND NOW
MY YELLOW BRICK ROADRIDE THE WAVE
CHOSE THE THINGS I ENJOYED
PICKED THE PLACE I LOVED
STUDENT LIFELEWIS SMITHBA MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICSSENIOR STUDENT AMBASSADOR
JOB PROSPECTS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCES
STUDENT LIFEWHY GO TO UNIVERSITY?
MAKING THE MOST OF A UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCESTUDYING, STUDENTS UNION, SPORTS & SOCIETIES, TRAVELLING, LIFE SKILLS
WHY GO TO UNIVERSITY?
LOVE YOUR SUBJECT! Taking your passion and devoting your time to becoming an
expert. LOVE YOUR CAREER!
‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life’- 70% of graduate jobs don’t require a specific degree
Average starting salary for a graduate is around £30,000 (Independent 2015)
Graduates earn £100,000 more across their working lives You can enter at a higher level and go further in your chosen
career MONEY!
Graduates earn on average 12K more per year than non-graduates
WHY UNIVERSITY?
DEVELOPING TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Communication Time management Organisation Problem solving Research Decision making
WHY UNIVERSITY?
Sounds boring?Think again…
MON TUE WED THU FRI
8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION
9:00-10:00 Technology Technology Maths PE English
10:00-11:00 Science Science English Science Maths
11:00-11:30 BREAK
11:30-12:30 History Maths Technology Science PSHE
12:30-1:30 Business English Science ICT History
1:30-2:05 LUNCH
2:05-3:05 ICT Business History ICT Business
MON TUE WED THU FRI
9:00-10:00 Intro to OLSLab
10:00-11:00Intro to OLS
Lecture11:00-12:00
Dissertation Meeting
Meeting
12:00-1:00 Political Economy
Lecture
Quantative Political AnalysisSeminar *1:00-2:00
2:00-3:00
3:00-4:00
4:00-5:00Quantative
Political AnalysisSeminar
ListenLecturesSeminars
SpeakLabsLook
TutorialsTeach
Independent Study 20-30 Hrs
Reading Articles/ Books
Writing Essays
Group Work
Revising Problem Sets
Lab Work
MON TUE WED THU FRI
9:00-10:00
AMBASSADOR WORK
VISIT DAY
MEETINGS
HISTORY SOCIETY
Intro to OLSLab
10:00-11:00 ESSAYIntro to OLS
Lecture
ESSAY
ESSAY RESEARCH11:00-12:00
SEMINAR READING
Dissertation Meeting
Meeting
12:00-1:00 Political Economy
Lecture
Quantative Political AnalysisSeminar *1:00-2:00 LUNCH LUNCH
2:00-3:00PROBLEM
SETS
LUNCH LUNCHDISSERTATION
RESEARCH
3:00-4:00 GYM GYM
4:00-5:00Quantative
Political AnalysisSeminar
ESSAY ESSAY
Cooking Cleaning Washing/Ironing Managing money Independent learning Social skills
LIFE SKILLS
STUDENT MONEYHERE IS MONEY
GO AND LIVE!
HIGHER OR LOWER?
Costs £6.49
£15(For a 12 piece set)
*as of Argos Online
Work abroad or study at another university
Learn or practice another language
Lots of travel opportunities can be in English
Great travel and language experience for the future
TRAVELLINGClick icon to add picture
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ALL OUR DEGREES OFFER A YEAR ABROAD OR PLACEMENT YEAR OPTION
WHERE DOES THIS FLAG REPRESENT?
150 partner institutions in 39 countries
STUDY ABROAD
www.essex.ac.uk/essexabroad/
Arabic Chinese French German Russian Spanish
STUDY ABROADMOST UNIVERSITIES TEACH IN ENGLISH
LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE!
STUDENTS UNION
SPORTS AND SOCIETIES
SPORTS AND SOCIETIESAikido American Football Archery Athletics Badminton Boxing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Cheerleading Cricket Disc Sports EBMAS Wing Tzun Essex Dance Fencing Gaelic Football Gliding Golf Hockey Horse Riding Jiu Jitsu Judo Karate Kickboxing Kung Fu Mens Basketball Mens Football Mens Rugby Union Motorsports Mountaineering Netball Pool Rowing Rugby League Skydiving Snowsports Southend Fencing Southend Football Squash Sub Aqua Swimming / Water Polo Table Tennis Ten Pin Bowling TennisTaekwondoTrampolining
Economics Electronics Essex Marine Conservation Essex Robotics Film Making Film Society Flamenco History History of Art Human Rights Jazz Law Marine Conservation Maths Med Gastronomy Philosophy Photographic Poetry and Short Story Society Politics Psychology Sociology Socrates Evasmus Theatre Arts Afro Carribean Amnesty International Arabic Asian Believers Loveworld Campus Chinese Christian Fellowship Chinese Student Scholars Christian Union Cypriot Democracy in Burma European Explore Azerbaijan French Connection German
Gregorian Hellenic Hong Kong Chinese Indian Cultural International International Academy Iranian Islamic Italian Japan International Jesus Alive Fellowship Jewish Kashmir Kazakh Korean Latin American Latin American Women Lithuanian Malaysian Mauritian Mexican Rock Underground Music Urban AIESEC Anti Competitive Exercise Beers, Wines & Spirits Society Chess Conservative Future Entrepreneurship Explore UK Fashion Art & Beauty FUN Green Students Juggling Labour UNICEF
Accounts Finance & Management Art Art Film Society Biology Bollywood Film Comedy Complimentary Health Computer Debating Lesbian Gay (LGBT & Friends) Lib Dem Magic Society Mature Students Model UN Multi Player Gaming Paintball Peace Campaign People & Planet Poker Respect SIFE Essex Silly Socialist Worker Students St John Ambulance Links Stop the War Student Action for Refugees Students' For Free Tibet Travelling U8 Essex Vegetarian Society Walking/Rambling Wivenhoe Society YogaTriathlon Volleyball Watersports Womens Basketball
Nordic Pakistan Palestinian Polish Society Portugese Speaking Society Role Play Society Russian Saudi Student Society Sikh Slavonic Society Spanish Fiesta Spanish Speaking Syrian Taiwain Thai Turkish Turkish Cypriot Cultural Vietnamese Choir Classical Music Society Clubbing Creativeonix Da Fonk Discordian DJ Drum & Bass Dub Step Gig Goth Indie Metal
Student ambassador Students Union Frontrunner Internship Town
MAKING MONEY
GRADUATIONWHERE NEXT?
WE ARE ESSEX.MORE THAN A DEGREE.
FINANCE
STUDYSKILLS FOOD
PEOPLESOCIETIES
SPORTSLANGUAGETRAVEL
WWW.ESSEX.AC.UKQUESTIONS? ASK YOUR AMBASSADOR