Everyone who knows me probably knows one big thing about me – I’m a huge nerd for my degree, international politics, and I love university. If I ever get the chance to make knowledge my career, I’ll take it in a heartbeat. But, a lot of the time, I don’t actually think people know what it is I do day to day, or what it’s actually like. Politics degrees come with a big cloud hanging over peoples’ heads, even students’ heads. In addition, it’s hard to imagine what university is like more generally if you’ve never done it, or if you come from a different education system. People have been asking me a lot lately if I’m going to write a blog post soon, and I’ve also been asking myself that question. So, I thought as an easy way back into writing, I’d bust some myths about (my experience of) university as an international politics student. Myths are collected from assumptions I once had, and assumptions given by real people who don’t study this, or don’t study at all. Assumption 1: Sma...
It's almost that time of year again. Oh, the joy. No, seriously, I'm over the moon. I'm travelling back to my university town next week, and I figured it'd be an appropriate time to make this post that I've wanted to make for some time now. This is going to be an incomplete guide to surviving a humanities degree. My credentials are that I've studied Psychology, as well as am currently studying International Politics, at university. Reader, I know what I'm talking about - I've never failed a class. I've never even gotten below a 2:1 (a B for the non-Brits) in any module. Not a flex, just my credentials, I swear. I say this is incomplete as I don't go into the social aspect of university much here. When I find out how to be sociable and make more friends at university, I'll be sure to let you know. My first piece of advice is my most important: Go to office hours . For freshers, office hours are one or two hours every week where your teacher/l...