Alba16 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Spoke to someone yesterday about the teaching postgraduate courses at Glasgow. For history they had 226 applications for 11 places and modern studies got 188 applications for 8 places. Thinking there's a chance I'll need to entertain other possible career paths! Is Glasgow the only one you applied to? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 To the surprise of no one the NUS have elected an utter mentalist at president This result of this is that Robbie Travers has lost the head and resigned from his membership of the Edinburgh SU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Is Glasgow the only one you applied to? Not applied yet. Going for 2017 entry. Will also be going for Strathclyde but we far as I know it's still only 20 odd places and similarly oversubscribed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 All coursework done and duster. Still sitting at a 2.1, only got one exam on 17th May then just waiting to hear how I have done with my dissertation. Actually got a 2nd interview next week for a company called Neogen, looks like a great place and the timing works out great with finishing Uni, needing to prepare a presentation to deliver at the 2nd interview.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 All coursework done and duster. Still sitting at a 2.1, only got one exam on 17th May then just waiting to hear how I have done with my dissertation. Actually got a 2nd interview next week for a company called Neogen, looks like a great place and the timing works out great with finishing Uni, needing to prepare a presentation to deliver at the 2nd interview.... Good luck with the interview. Went to a few assessment centres and they're pretty heavy going, especially when the presentation is on the spot rather than prepared, if it's prepared then as long as you do enough research then it should be pretty easy. Glad I don't have to do them anymore! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Good luck with the interview. Went to a few assessment centres and they're pretty heavy going, especially when the presentation is on the spot rather than prepared, if it's prepared then as long as you do enough research then it should be pretty easy. Glad I don't have to do them anymore! Cheers, as far as i'm aware it's just to the 2 ladies I had in my first interview. Only 5 slides long anyway so not too daunting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) Had all 4 exams in the space of a week and the last one was yesterday. That's the degree done. Delighted doesn't begin to describe it Now the agonising wait for my classification Edited May 11, 2016 by paul-r-cfc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Just finished a couple of hours ago. Back to the glorious world of guilt-free 6 hours shifts on FM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Exam boards... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdogunderdog underdog Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Anyone on here do a Social Sciences degree and if so what job have you gone on to do? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 I'm taking continuous assessment mark of 68% so even if I bomb exam with 40% I'll still pass. Hopefully I can get a 2:1 pass for this module. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 GPA for a 2:1 at Glasgow is 15-17 with 14-15 being discretionary. I'm sitting on exactly on 16 after last year so in a decent position to stay there. I'd imagine this year will drag me down again but just gotta hope it's not too much 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Anyone on here do a Social Sciences degree and if so what job have you gone on to do? As in a BA Social Sciences or just any sort of social sciences degree? I did history and politics - MA SocSci 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdogunderdog underdog Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 As in a BA Social Sciences or just any sort of social sciences degree? I did history and politics - MA SocSci A BA in Social Sciences. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 A BA in Social Sciences. Ah ok. Caledonian? Know a few folk that did that degree there Jobs wise it's obviously not a very specific degree so general graduate schemes, teaching etc are common routes to go down. Obviously different options depending on what you focus on with your degree. I assume you brake off and focus on certain subjects later on in the course? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Had my only exam today so officially finished uni! Got 2 more set of results back today, a first for a presentation and a first for a talking head video. So only need my exam and dissertation to pass! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyal-blue Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Me (again)! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie95 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Just finished, hopefully, my last exam of second year History and Politics. That's me done until September. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdogunderdog underdog Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Ah ok. Caledonian? Know a few folk that did that degree there Jobs wise it's obviously not a very specific degree so general graduate schemes, teaching etc are common routes to go down. Obviously different options depending on what you focus on with your degree. I assume you brake off and focus on certain subjects later on in the course? It's through Open University. Last year focused on sociology and this year was criminology. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Anonymised? Each university does it differently. I know of one that just uses software to generate the result. We don't. We discuss each student individually - average grades, 'trend', work rate and so on. To give an example, let's say the student averages 69%. You need 70% for a 1st class degree. As a Board we'll discuss the student and make a call - first or second. In cases like that we'll almost always give the student the 1st. Lower down the scale can be different. Someone on, say, 49% average is looking at a 3rd class degree. The discussion might be (and we had this once) that the student didn't engage, didn't contribute in classes and so on and so he stayed at 3rd. No 2:2 for him. This is why I always say on here - go to lectures. Talk to lecturers. Engage. Yes, you might skate by skipping the classes and just learning the textbook. But students that do that never do as well as the others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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