Time for the Festive Season

As I write this message to you, it is December 1st. Where has the time gone? – it’s been only two months since the freshers began their move to Lancaster!

The festive spirit is definitely starting to settle into campus as the end of term draws closer and the Christmas socials begin. Last week, the Swimming and Water Polo club had their Christmas social at The Crafty Scholar pub in the town centre. It is a fabulous opportunity to socialise with your fellow athletes over some super tasty food and drink. We ended the night as always in the student union nightclub – Sugarhouse. It was an amazing night, with a pretty famous band called Scouting for Girls playing there! I love to see live bands and it was a super fun event, so thank you Lancaster University Students Union for organising that!

Essays and coursework are also looming in the background, as week 9 comes upon us on Monday. I am feeling pretty relieved at the moment, as I have completed both of my assessed presentations for health economics and have got my essay for my international business module just about done. Only my two essays left to go on health economics and British foreign policy!

Whilst the stress is settling in a little, as deadlines draw closer, I have been making sure to set time aside to enjoy socialising with friends and continue doing all the things I love. It’s super important to take breaks and chill out from time to time, and with the festive season on the horizon, it’s a great motivator to persevere to the end of term!

I just want to take this opportunity to wish everyone lots of luck with their studies and I hope everyone has an amazing festive season!

Speak to you soon,

Orla

Powering through the end of the term

Hi everyone!

 

Hope everything is going well! I apologise for not uploading anything in some time, I’ve been really busy with the essays and the application process for my Master degree. I’m happy to say that I have been accepted here in Lancaster to do an MA in International Relations. I hope I will be able to learn even more than what I have already in my undergraduate course. Moreover, I’m sure I’ll be be able to develop myself here as a researcher, so that I will be able in the future to gain more employability in both academia and think tanks.

To be honest, these weeks haven’t been especially eventful. With the deadlines approaching, there isn’t that much time to do anything else other than spend time researching and writing. Luckily, the University Library offers many resources, from books to academic journals to help you with your research. It is a really good place to study as well, with a silent room and various pods in which you can meet up with your colleagues to do research together. The workload is quite stressful, but luckily this Friday there is a Latin Party in town, so I hope me and my mates will be able to have some fun and take our minds off the essays for a while.

 

I’ll keep you guys posted about how the term ends. Wish me luck!

 

Guillermo