{"id":306,"date":"2018-10-25T10:53:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T10:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/?p=306"},"modified":"2019-09-20T14:43:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:43:45","slug":"how-to-get-the-most-out-of-year-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-year-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get the most out of Year 1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-293\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_1822-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"alt=&quot;&quot;\" width=\"644\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_1822-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_1822-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_1822-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_1822-676x507.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, you\u2019ve completed three weeks of your first\u00a0four modules and you will all be adapting to University study at different rates \u2013 this is absolutely fine (and very much expected). Getting a degree is about engaging with taught sessions, completing tasks and being successful in assessments but to do this and do it well it needs to go beyond the timetable. You will hear people talk about being \u201cindependent\u201d as a fair amount of your module hours are allocated to work you do in your own time \u2013 engaging in activities outside of your timetable is one way of showing your independence.<\/p>\n<p>Check out previous blogs on transitioning to university but here are ways for you to get more out of your first year, and set yourself up well for the next part of your academic journey. You\u2019ll appreciate it more at the end than now but now is the time to <strong>invest in yourself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of support is in place as your teaching team have pre-empted challenges but also in response to feedback. Did you know this is all extra for you to engage in and it will help you?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Academic tutor<\/strong> \u2013 your go-to person who is more than happy to chat and help you if you need it. The more you get to know your academic tutor, the more convincing and supportive their future references will be when you start applying for jobs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chemistry and Maths support<\/strong> so you don\u2019t feel out of your depth because you don\u2019t have a Chemistry A-level. All of the pre-course material has been co-developed with students to help you feel confident in BIOL111 and BIOL112.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exam support<\/strong> by the learning development team and you can check out all the amazing training and workshops offered by the library and the ISS team.<\/li>\n<li>Navigating <strong>Moodle<\/strong> takes a while to get used to but there are loads of links and resources available per module, but also plenty generic sports science links on the course page \u2013 check these out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We want you to <strong>be employable<\/strong> so the opportunity to gain a vocational fitness qualification(s) during year 1 is something you should be jumping at the chance to do. Not only will you be employable by the end of your first year, you can try to get work in the fitness industry and that will put you ahead of the rest when it comes to applying for jobs \u2013 take any opportunity you can to work with people in your chosen field.<\/p>\n<p>Join a sports or social activity club \u2013 as you move through your University years, opportunities will arise to <strong>take leadership roles<\/strong> within clubs such as team captain or team secretary. These are fantastic transferable skills to add to your CV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Engage in your future profession<\/strong> and enjoy your BASES Student Membership.<\/p>\n<p>My 17 years of being within the world of Sports and Exercise Science has taught me one thing and that is to encourage the above points to up and coming scientists, and take every opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Michelle Swainson (Part I Director of Studies 2018\/19)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you\u2019ve completed three weeks of your first\u00a0four modules and you will all be adapting to University study at different rates \u2013 this is absolutely fine (and very much expected). Getting a degree is about engaging with taught sessions, completing tasks and being successful in assessments but to do this and do it well it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1021"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/saes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}