Graduate Employment – How My Course Has Prepared Me

When it comes to employability after university, I'd say my geography course definitely awards you with some skills essential for the real world outside university life, and in the working realm. Time management for one (although I feel as if this applies to most university courses if I’m honest), figuring out how to find the … Continue reading Graduate Employment – How My Course Has Prepared Me

How my degree has prepared me for working life

Hi there, Ollie here. Today I’ll be talking about my career goals and expectations, and how my degree has prepared me for working life. First, I should mention that, rather embarrassingly, I’m still not sure exactly what I want to do. However, currently, my first choice is as a cognitive behavioural therapist (CBT), which requires further work … Continue reading How my degree has prepared me for working life

Podcast chat – university experiences

We're back with another podcast! In this week's chat, Ollie & Andre talk about their university experience at Sussex, and discuss what their ideal university would be like, touching on teaching, learning resources, study environment, the library, and more. https://soundcloud.com/sagestudentcalendar/sage-student-chat-university-experiences What would your ideal university look like? Comment below, or chat with us on Twitter @sagestudents 🙂 We … Continue reading Podcast chat – university experiences

My academic textbook layout preferences

Hi there, Ollie here. Today’s post is on my academic textbook layout preferences, using an eBook as a case study. The eBook I’ll be referring to is Contemporary Strategy Analysis by Robert M. Grant, the textbook for the Strategy module that I took last term for my Business and Management elective. The book’s structure is … Continue reading My academic textbook layout preferences

Being a ‘Green Student’

As I’m sure you all know, this week has been ‘Go Green Week’, in aid of raising awareness of issues related to environment and climate change. Today’s post is on being a ‘green student’ and what I do to be environmentally-friendly. To be honest, I rarely think about how my studying-related activities impact the environment. … Continue reading Being a ‘Green Student’

A critical look at the Library’s Geography Subject Guide

To be entirely honest, I am not exactly sure how I've managed to successfully make it to third year without having used my subject guide, or truthfully, knowing it exists. This is probably due to the number of times I've gone straight to Library Search or Google Scholar when looking for resources to help with … Continue reading A critical look at the Library’s Geography Subject Guide