{"id":215,"date":"2018-11-01T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/?p=215"},"modified":"2018-11-07T12:45:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T12:45:23","slug":"student-case-studies-aisha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/2018\/11\/01\/student-case-studies-aisha\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Case Studies: Aisha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aisha \u2013\u00a0<\/b>1<\/b>st<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Year BA (Hons) Politics and Philosophy student<\/b>\u00a02017\/18<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aisha strongly recommends Careers to other students:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf they just look into what Careers can offer, they\u2019ll start getting into it \u2013 looking into one thing, they\u2019ll find out about another thing. One thing leads to another and they\u2019ll start to develop both themselves and their ideas for their future.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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Aisha<\/b>\u2019s journey to Lancaster University<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aisha did her\u00a0A\u00a0levels at a Girls College that particularly encouraged aspiration to science and medical careers but she was uncertain about her future direction until she discovered her academic interest in Politics through A level study. She wanted to go to a good university while staying living at home so now commutes daily to Lancaster.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Accessing support from Lancaster University Careers Services<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When she started at Lancaster University, Aisha soon realised that Careers could help her:\u00a0 \u201cI was not so sure about what I wanted to do but Careers gave me opportunities to develop my thinking and my prospects of what to do in the future. They showed me different job prospects and I saw so many jobs that I could do<\/i>\u201d.\u00a0She was reassured to know that the university\u00a0does not\u00a0just help you with your studies then throw you out into the world when you finish.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aisha is still open minded about her future but is considering either continuing on to a Master\u2019s Degree or possibly a research and policy-making role in the Civil Service. She found out about Civil Service opportunities through\u00a0on-campus workshops\u00a0hosted by Careers and through the\u00a0Capital Connections Programme<\/b>, which included a visit to the Civil Service to find out about the Fast Track Graduate scheme; this insight session really broadened her knowledge. Aisha particularly appreciated that the\u00a0Capital Connections\u00a0residential trip\u00a0to London\u00a0was fully funded\u00a0by Careers. She thinks it was great that students whose backgrounds mean they have limited funds\u00a0did not\u00a0have the dilemma of taking up a great\u00a0opportunity while stressing about the money side. The networking session with Lancaster alumni who are now living and working in London was a great way not only to practice networking but also to get tips for the future from those from similar backgrounds who have made the move to London.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Having already planned to get work experience and do some volunteering, Aisha found the\u00a0Lancaster Award<\/b>\u00a0really useful for bringing all her extra-curricular activity under one umbrella. She thinks\u00a0it is\u00a0a really clever idea that you can earn an Award this way. It also lead to finding out about other opportunities and she has attended a number of\u00a0Careers workshops<\/b>. The CV writing and interview workshops really helped with applying for and getting her summer\u00a0work experience placement in Strategy and Planning with her home town\u2019s Local Authority.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Future Leaders Experiences Programme<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>changed Aisha\u2019s previous stereotypical image of leadership as that of extroverted corporate CEOs. After meeting different types of\u00a0leaders, such as those that make our communities work and who don\u2019t have extroverted personalities, her knowledge was broadened and she was inspired by realistic goals. Her confidence increased as she realised that she can mould herself to be a leader.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aisha\u2019s advice to other students:\u00a0<\/b>\u201c<\/i>Even if they have a specific mind-set about doing one particular thing, if they go to Careers, they might find out about something they didn\u2019t know and broaden their thinking. There are so many opportunities that can be discovered through Careers<\/i>.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Aisha \u2013\u00a01st\u00a0Year BA (Hons) Politics and Philosophy student\u00a02017\/18\u00a0 Aisha strongly recommends Careers to other students:\u00a0 \u201cIf they just look into what Careers can offer, they\u2019ll start getting into it \u2013 looking into one thing, they\u2019ll find out about another thing. One thing leads to another and they\u2019ll start to develop both themselves and their ideas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":811,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equality-diversity","category-student-case-studies","category-student-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/hellofuture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}