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Written by Callum McAvan, Marketing and Communications Assistant at the Careers Service. “Manchester’s got everything except a beach” – Ian Brown, The Stone Roses He’s not wrong. Whether it’s on your course, at the University, or beyond, your time at Manchester is a cornucopia of opportunity. My advice to you would be grab those opportunities…
My name is Jade and I am in my final year studying Linguistics. I knew from the beginning of second year that I wanted to do something productive with my summer, to boost my CV and skills before I entered the dreaded final year. I found out about SEI’s when I was walking through Sam…
Read more Humanities Alumni Video Project at The University of Manchester – Jade’s story
Last summer we asked students to write a blog post about what they did with their summer. This is the first of our stories – we hope they give you some ideas for the types of things you can do next summer. This is Utkarsh’s story… I am a fourth year student studying for an…
Read more What I did with my summer #1 My Physics research internship
Jenny tells her story… Final year at university is arguably the most exciting and terrifying time of your life. You have to cope with a monstrous dissertation and looming exams, while facing the prospect of your best friend moving across the country for a graduate scheme, your housemates moving home and your course friends going…
By Charlotte Cox It has been over six years since I was accepted into The University of Manchester to study for a BSc in Zoology with a modern language, and I couldn’t be more jealous of those students just starting out in their very first semester of their Zoology course. In all honesty, first year…
Read more What I did with a degree in Zoology. Graduate Charlotte tells her story.
University of Manchester student Celine Dischamps, who is studying for an MEng in Chemical Engineering, has won a TargetJobs Undergraduate of the Year Award, in the category of Low Carbon Undergraduate, sponsored by EDF Energy. Her prize is a paid internship, a visit to a nuclear power station in France and an exclusive lunch with…
Read more Manchester student wins TargetJobs Undergraduate of the Year award
If someone had asked me at the start of my final year of my undergraduate degree, ‘do you fancy doing a PhD when you finish uni?’ my answer would have been an outright NO! Yet, here I am, now in my second year of my PhD in the role of exercise on cardiovascular disease risk in…
Read more Manchester Made Me – From undergraduate to PhD student
I started at the University of Manchester in 2009 studying my dream subject: Anatomical Sciences. Back then I had my future all planned out: do a placement year with a pharmaceutical company, graduate, get a PhD, make a major scientific discovery and win a Nobel Prize (or so I liked to think!) Four years later,…
Read more Manchester Made Me: From Anatomy Student to NHS Manager
For many, a degree is a route to further education or employment, but for most (I think) it is an easy way of delaying being a ‘grown-up’ and conveniently, it can be lots of fun. This is certainly true for me. At 18, I knew I should probably start thinking about the future, and a…
Read more Manchester Made Me – Making the most of University
