Lancaster University Management School provides opportunities to learn outside of the conventional classroom based learning, creating a learning environment well suited to various styles of learner. One such learning experience that I have taken part in during my second year of study is a management module, which involves working with a live client, to aid […]
Read More Learning Opportunities at Lancaster UniversityInternships are professional learning experiences that can help build career networks and contacts. Internships are usually aimed at undergraduate or graduate students, the position involves the intern working in an organization for a fixed period, usually three to six months, sometimes without pay, to gain work experience. Typically, an undergraduate student taking a three-year degree […]
Read More The hunt for an internshipHaving just received an email confirming that I had made it to the assessment centre stage of the Management Undergraduate of the Year 2017 awards, I thought it was definitely worth sharing my experiences. Stage 1: Online Application I’m someone who’s very organised. I check my emails every day and always take note of the […]
Read More Management Undergraduate of the Year Awards 2017I briefly mentioned in one of my previous blog-posts about budgeting the idea of Adulting. I expressed that University is an opportunity to become independent and begin adulating. The term adulting can be found in the urban dictionary, it is essentially the process of becoming an adult by behaving like an adult, to do the […]
Read More Self-disciplineI recently had my telephone interview with Grant Thornton last Sunday. It was quite nerve-wracking watching the clock and knowing my phone would ring any moment. This was my third telephone interview. I had one last summer with ICAEW to become the campus ambassador and one with PwC, then this one with Grant Thornton. Here […]
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