I hope everybody is having a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend! I can't believe how fortunate we have been with the weather this weekend; sunny and warm weather never happens on a Bank Holiday in the UK!
I received some wonderful news on Monday to share with you all, I am
officially doing a masters come September! It's in Leeds which I'm super
excited about as I have heard many great things about Leeds, including
restaurants which I can't wait to eat at! And it means I'm back in my home
county of Yorkshire, I have missed the accent!
I have an unconditional offer at Leeds Beckett University studying
Nutrition in Practice where I will gain a Master in Science postgraduate degree.
I am so excited to be a student again and I can't wait to meet some new people
but most of all learn again! I have seven months to prepare which includes
gaining knowledge on nutrition so I have a heads up, finding a house and moving
to Leeds as well as earning as much money as possible in my current profession so
I don’t have to work when I’m a student again and can put my full focus on my
degree (and eating out).
I am so excited to start this new chapter in my life with my boyfriend who
also has an unconditional offer at Leeds Beckett University studying Strength
and Conditioning. We will be sad to leave Newcastle but it’s time to move on and
seriously think about our future and what we actually want to do with our
lives. Roll on September!
I have been in education since I began nursery which was a lifetime ago. I didn't take any gap years or breaks throughout my education and since 2010 when I first started my GCSEs, I have been an extremely academic girl always putting my work before anything. All my hard work and sacrifice for my GCSEs and A Levels paid off and I made it onto the course and the University that I really wanted to attend.
University life was amazing. Endless partying, meeting new people and learning new things; it was a real learning curve and helped to bring out a new confidence within myself which I lacked throughout school. Although there was a number of tired and endless nights and the fact that I probably cried myself a mini river throughout my time at University, I wouldn't change it for the world. Except for Harvard referencing. I despised that.
After graduating and entering the big scary adult world that we live in, you begin to realise how much you took student life for granted. Having to get up to go to work instead of learning about a passion of yours is quite tiring which is why I am currently looking to further my academic career as I am currently applying for Masters courses. I have basically learnt that since graduation, a profession in my degree area is much easier to get with a Masters. Also since graduating, I feel like my intelligence is slowly but surely depleting. I hope I'm not the only one who feels like this! I am used to being force fed tonnes of information everyday but now the only information I get is from the news. I think I need to get back to reading books and articles on my subject area again.
I can't wait to finish my Masters application, hopefully be accepted and start learning again! A year out of studying is too long for me and I can't wait to call myself a student once again. If you're currently a student, make the most of it!
Are you a graduate who misses being a student? Let me know in the comments below!
Best of wishes.
