Welcome to the third installment of my ‘graduate’ series. It’s been exactly one year since my graduation and now almost four years since I filled my parents’ car with boxes and moved to London to start university. This is a little of my personal experience and why I think my Journalism degree at Westminster was worth… Read More A year ago I graduated & why my degree was worth it
One year ago today I posted ‘A year today I will be a graduate’. Yesterday I graduated from Westminster with a 2:1 in BA (Hons) Journalism degree, making me one of the best journalism graduates in London according the The Guardian table this year! This time last year the thought of graduating filled me with… Read More I am a graduate!
This time three weeks ago I was sat in my university library, 30 minutes away from the biggest moment of my academic life – handing in my dissertation. I had this picture in my head that I would probably hand it in and burst into tears because writing the damn thing was the most stressful… Read More The decisive moment
My course have for two weeks now been running the wnol.info website, as part of our FJP group project for third year. We’ve been split into two groups and we have to go live for a week every fortnight. My group are coming up to our last day of our first week, so I wanted… Read More Final Journalism Project
Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to present to you the new and improved Smoke Magazine for the University of Westminster’s Student Union!
I thought I would share with you my recent application for a new job as Creative Director for Smoke Magazine, which is the student Magazine for the University Of Westminster. Recently five jobs opened up within the editorial team as the magazine is going through a massive redesign and re-launch in September. The role I… Read More Smoke Magazine
I admit it. I have really neglected my blog over the past few months, but I’m going to get on top of it again as of today! As you can see my blog has had a little makeover today to mark the new year, I prefer being able to see a range of work and… Read More Kirsty in Wonderland
Fleetwood Mac in the background, still in bed in the afternoon, with cup of tea steaming happily away beside to me. The weather outside is rubbish; so I’m partially justified. Welcome to your average student applying for an internship online. I will talk you through it. The trick is to try and zone out from… Read More Think Fast
I found the Audio module much easier than Video overall, as it wasn’t as time consuming as an interview only took about five minutes and we could also use the phone booth and it would go straight on to the computer. I got the idea for my podcast after seeing on the BBC that UK unemployment… Read More Audio Review
As the struggle to get a job increases, and people are starting to question the role that a degree plays in helping somebody get on the job ladder; this podcast looks into the worry surrounding past and present students’ view on getting a job after university. Reporter Kirsty Beckingham interviews Madeline Treby, an Undergraduate Journalism… Read More Post University Employment.
