The last few weeks have been quite hectic, with the end of term fast approaching and deadlines catching up on me. For the last few weeks I have been attempting to get as much work done as possible before the Christmas holidays so that I can take it a bit easier. So far, this has gone quite well, as I have just completed my single hardest essay and can now focus more on getting my remaining two completed during the holidays!

I’ve also been preparing for my Research Proposal conference this week. Basically, as part of the Master’s at Lancaster there is a conference ran for one of the modules in which you choose a topic to do a research proposal on, which you can then expand on in a dissertation. You then have to do a 10 minute presentation on you’re topic and how you want to go about working on it, in front of some of the students and staff in the department. I’ve chosen to do my research proposal on the role of ‘alternative media’ in the UK general election of earlier this year, and based of the work I have already done, this topic sounds really interesting and worthy of further examination.

Christmas is also less then two weeks away now, and it definitely feels like it! The societies that I am in at the moment have been hosting their Christmas meals this week I am now already sick of turkey! My flat has also decided to hold a secret santa, and for once we are actually keeping quiet about who we all have. Thinking of a present has been quite difficult, especially with the work I’ve given myself to do, but I have decided on what my present will be and am waiting to pick it up tomorrow.