You can never have enough advice!
Preamble
One thing I have learnt is that you can never get enough advice! In the last post on this blog, Katie shared with us some advice for starting university. Well, continuing in this theme, I asked existing students to share their own advice. There were quite a few, so I am going to share with you 6 each week. So here are the first 6!
Plenty of Advice
Throw yourself into everything, have confidence and believe in yourself. Try things you have never done before and talk to lots of people. You will meet friends for life. Don’t stress, things will all work out. Start collecting all your resources also, they will be so useful in future practice. Make use of you academic tutors for any help they will give you so much support. Go and see the study development team in Holgate, they will help you with your assignments so much and go see Claire in the Library for references.
Anon
Be nice to everyone and meet as many people as you can. Whether you’re at home or at uni, they will be like a family to you for the next three years and everyone is in the same boat so don’t be nervous. Make as many memories as you can and be yourself. Obviously try to turn up to your lectures.
Anon
Enjoy it, it will fly by. Always stay ahead of your reading, it will inform your sessions & help your assignments in the long run. Try and get involved in discussions too!
Anon
It’s easy to say not to worry but that really is the best advice I can give. You will find your feet really quickly and you’ll love everything about YSJ.
Anon
Take on every opportunity thrown at you! Training opportunities can be quite hard to find on your own so volunteer for any training that university can provide you, even look in to additional langauge courses such as sign language or another european language you may potentially find within a school as it can only benefit you. Leave time to socialise and have fun, join univeristy clubs to make friends completely different to your coursemates. It helps to surround yourself with like minded people but also that those people around can help support you. Live with people you know you are going to get on with and it may not possibly be those off of your course, think about having a work life balance do you want to spend all week in lectures with the same people you live. It can often be quite tiring so living with people you meet in halls, or clubs can bring a really positive vibe to your home life.
Anon
The best practitioners are the ones which keep up to date with the latest developments in their field. It doesn’t hurt to follow well known practitioners in your field, as well as keeping an eye on the education section of newspapers such as the Guardian. Keep your eyes open!
Anon
Outro
Hope those have been helpful – don’t forget to check the blog out again next week for some more advice from existing students!
If you would like to contribute to the blog then please get in touch with me and we can have a chat about your ideas/articles. Just email me at i.wilson@yorksj.ac.uk
Have fun and enjoy your learning!
