If I knew then what I know now - Student Blog series
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05 Apr 2021
Strategies for Reading English Literature
Whether we are returning to education after a long break, changing to a course we have an interest in but no experience of, or are coming straight from school to college, studying literature is by no means straight-forward. Whether you are a student who picked English as a last-minute choice from the pool of arts subjects or selected it out of genuine love of the subject, regardless it has a long-standing reputation as “the easy choice”. This is understandable when we consider the ways in which the leaving certificate is set out. While our teachers may have been enthusiastic and innovative, this system itself outlines exactly what answers they are looking for and the students are guided towards these literary interpretations. Ultimately, in our school days, we likely had a lot of help.
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03 Apr 2021
How to get past the first steps of writing
My name is Triona. I am delighted to be taking part in the Skills Centre “If I knew then what I know now” initiative. This blog post is designed for all students; those transitioning into college from Secondary School, from their undergrad to a masters, those taking their first step into education as a mature student and all those returning to education after some time away!
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29 Mar 2021
Making the most of your time at university
My name is Loretta, and I work here in the Skills Centre as a Research Support Officer. Prior to that, I did my BA in New York, my MA in Limerick and my PhD in Film and Screen Media here at UCC, so I’ve been in the university environment for a while now! Thinking back on my experiences as we are about to start a new academic year, I want to share some of my thoughts on the value of your time at university, and making the most of it, as part of the Skills Centre’s “If I knew then what I know now” series. I’ll break this into a few key pieces of advice below.
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22 Mar 2021
File Management, File Management, File Management…and scheduling.
Hi, my name is Conor, and I am a second year PhD student in UCC’s economics department. If I knew then, what I know now is a platform which allows us postgraduate students to pass down the knowledge we have acquired during our time in UCC, with hopes of making your transition into third level education as smooth as possible. While incoming first years will undoubtedly benefit most from this type of blog, I guarantee even final year students will learn something from at least one of these (past or future) blog posts.
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