Hi guys,

The last few months for me have been very busy. I’ve have been applying for some funding for my PhD next year, and away in London for a Cyber Security competition. Lumpy has been staying at home keeping an eye on my house and reminding me that I need to sleep in the evenings and write during the day… not the other way around!

The last few months have also seen our first Offer Holder Visit days! These days are an opportunity to see the campus again, learn more about what studying in PPR might be like, and to meet some of the awesome staff and students here!

There are 3 more Visit Days coming up, so sign up for one of those if you can; they really are very helpful!

I went to an offer holder day this time 3 years ago, and it was a really great day! I got to remind myself of what the campus looked like, and think more clearly about what it might be like to actually live here. It helped to ground me in the knowledge that the place where I would study was also somewhere I liked to walk around, and felt safe in.

Talking about the course defiantly filled me with a feeling of wonder and excitement that had stuck around to this day. I was able to see that I really would be learning about topics that I loved, and had the opportunity to learn about others that I had never encountered before. I also realised that I would be able to still learn a little about History, without having to do an entire History Course. This helped my transition to university a lot, as I didn’t quite feel ready to end my formal study of history, but I also didn’t want to do it as my degree – doing it as a minor helped patch this discomfort.