Hello again!
As we reach the middle of the term it is hard to believe that time is going quite as fast as it is! This week I have begun my research for the first major assignment of the year, a 1200-1500 word critical review piece, though the task is for history there are a great deal of transferrable skills that are equally valuable for politics. Essentially the assignment involves reading a text (I have chosen a highly political piece by Francis Fukuyama from his work The End of History?) and critically reviewing the work to assess how effective it is in presenting its argument, using evidence, and passing effective judgement about its subject matter. It is a pretty interesting exercise and one that makes you think a great deal about the way in which academic work should be written, which will (hopefully) make my essays better in the long run!
On Wednesday I attended a careers fair run by the university that hosted numerous employers including Unilever, Boots, BT, Toyota, BAE Systems, Civil Service Fast Stream and all branches of the armed forces (to name but a few!) It was a really fantastic to talk with employers about the opportunities that are available once you leave Lancaster and the event was also a great chance to network allowing students to talk informally with employers. Not to mention the vast array of freebies that we collected whilst we were there!
This week also marked the best result of the year so far for ‘Quiztopher Columbus’, the quiz team that I am a member of. Our team (rather limited in breadth of knowledge as we are all History and Politics students!) managed to come 10th out of 17 teams competing this week. We performed pretty well in the general knowledge areas, but were definitely fish out of water in the music round, in which we scored a big fat 0! Still a great night nonetheless and a good way to unwind after a hectic week.
Until next week…