throbber Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Did have decent jobs,before the missus became ill, royal navy,welder, city council technician in the architect department,which was a brilliant job but had to leave due to wife's illness, then carer for her, thankfully she's on the mend and I'm trying very hard to get this course under my belt Good on you mate - i hopefully won't have to be at uni when I'm 42 but you never know!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Good luck to the pair of you. I was 22 when I started college, I'm now in my honours year studying Management. Going to university after college was one of the best decisions I've ever made, I've met loads of new folk and been taught so much that I didn't know before. Had my first meeting with my dissertation supervisor yesterday, and I'm feeling really positive about my topic and the things required for it. That said, I've got to complete my introduction (1500 words) by the 31st October, do a 2000 word essay by the 31st October and do a 2500 word essay by the 8th November. Going to be an utterly shite month I reckon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Good luck to the pair of you. I was 22 when I started college, I'm now in my honours year studying Management. Going to university after college was one of the best decisions I've ever made, I've met loads of new folk and been taught so much that I didn't know before. Had my first meeting with my dissertation supervisor yesterday, and I'm feeling really positive about my topic and the things required for it. That said, I've got to complete my introduction (1500 words) by the 31st October, do a 2000 word essay by the 31st October and do a 2500 word essay by the 8th November. Going to be an utterly shite month I reckon. I went to glasgow when i was 19 going on 20 to do the same HND I'm doing now and just got pissed for 2 months only showing up about 2 days for college and spunking my saved cash and student loan then had to pack it in and go home - there was no way i woulda screwed the head on back then so i don't really regret it but i wonder where i would have been if i had stuck it out. I can prob afford to do uni with no student loan as the mrs works full time so just live off her 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyarabnuts Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Good luck to the pair of you. I was 22 when I started college, I'm now in my honours year studying Management. Going to university after college was one of the best decisions I've ever made, I've met loads of new folk and been taught so much that I didn't know before. Had my first meeting with my dissertation supervisor yesterday, and I'm feeling really positive about my topic and the things required for it. That said, I've got to complete my introduction (1500 words) by the 31st October, do a 2000 word essay by the 31st October and do a 2500 word essay by the 8th November. Going to be an utterly shite month I reckon. and I thought it was bad enough having to do a 700 word set of guidelines for the communications module 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 and I thought it was bad enough having to do a 700 word set of guidelines for the communications module Are you going to stick with the SVQ or are you planning on taking it further once you've finished? 30 when I started my access course and 31 when I started my nursing degree and I'm considering going right up to Masters level. We'll see what happens when I've finished the degree. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Why do Uni courses insist on making us do so many presentations? I have one nearly every bloody week! Never mind a book review, an essay, a timed essay, and a massive cataloging project & placement. Bloody hell Oct, Nov & Dec are going to be decidedly shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Currently 2800 words and two weeks into a mechanical design assignment and only about 40% complete when the lecturer emails to inform of a 1800 word limit. Nothing worse than having to delete hunners of work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Brusch Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 As if this team working lecture want shit enough, one of the examples is the Hearts 2006 SC Final team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Why do Uni courses insist on making us do so many presentations? I have one nearly every bloody week! Never mind a book review, an essay, a timed essay, and a massive cataloging project & placement. Bloody hell Oct, Nov & Dec are going to be decidedly shit. I think I had to do two out of my whole four years (geology). One was a summary of a research project dissertation and the other was making and producing a poster to present. Out of a big list of topics to choose, I chose Oman only to find out on the day that there was a guest marker who just happened to be a boffin from Shell who had worked on Oman for about 30 years. I was an utter nervousll shaking wreck presenting that and still hate standing up in front of people. Maybe the mass number of presentations you have is to rid yourself of the fear over time? Trouble is, you know you're being assessed during a uni presentation whereas in real life you're probably presenting to people who genuinely want to hear what you're talking about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Currently 2800 words and two weeks into a mechanical design assignment and only about 40% complete when the lecturer emails to inform of a 1800 word limit. Nothing worse than having to delete hunners of work. Could be worse. I had an essay of similar length to do for a near pointless secondary subject and just as I saved the Word document at 2am (8hrs before the deadline), the file corrupted. Horrible panic followed by frantic searching how to restore files, followed by tough decision to start from scratch. Horrendous case of persevering through 'stingy-eye-syndrome'. Thank f*** most of my work was practical based. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coooombe Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Does anyone have any advice on applying for graduate jobs? I was at the SECC graduate fair today and it all seems a bit daunting. I should probably have went to the careers advice desk but spent the full time talking to employers, and got a bit carried away at Hewlett-Packard as the bird was a looker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafc-15 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I hate uni. Currently doing my degree, dont think i'll last very long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I hate uni. Currently doing my degree, dont think i'll last very long. That's the spirit Which degree are you doing / year are you in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR96 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 In the library as I type doing some work on a class test tomorrow. I've been here since about 11pm and I've browsed P&B, Twitter and Facebook for the majority of. Some top notch use of the University's facilities. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guns Show Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Does anyone have any advice on applying for graduate jobs? I was at the SECC graduate fair today and it all seems a bit daunting. I should probably have went to the careers advice desk but spent the full time talking to employers, and got a bit carried away at Hewlett-Packard as the bird was a looker. Prepare for a lot of rejections. It's a brutal process applying for grad jobs and you may well have to take an absolute shitter of a position as a stop-gap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Does anyone have any advice on applying for graduate jobs? I was at the SECC graduate fair today and it all seems a bit daunting. I should probably have went to the careers advice desk but spent the full time talking to employers, and got a bit carried away at Hewlett-Packard as the bird was a looker. What year/degree course are you in? It can help a lot if you manage to blag a summer job/internship at a company in the field in which you want to work. If not, for the bigger companies that operate the automated app. forms, learn quickly which buzzwords and phrases the software is looking for in order to get you to the point of having your CV looked at by a human being. Apply for everything but do so in a structured way - be prepared to move, and move far if it comes to it. Quie apart form the likes of Monster, Telegraph jobs, you can usually find agencies that will specialise in recruitment into the sector you are trying to get into, I found that these guys tended to be pretty good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Off college for a week and my head is mush already Finding it hard to get motivated - its tough enough as I'm only in 3 days a week so never get a routine going and i was always a man of routine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 In the library as I type doing some work on a class test tomorrow. I've been here since about 11pm and I've browsed P&B, Twitter and Facebook for the majority of. Some top notch use of the University's facilities. In fairness, at least you're on the PC. I lost count of the number of times during disseration year where I'd try to do some work at the library and there would be a pc desk free with someones possesions left on the chair and table. I was pretty much similar though, I remember ending up in a computing lab watching the Chelsea vs Bayern final on firstrowsports. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coooombe Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Prepare for a lot of rejections. It's a brutal process applying for grad jobs and you may well have to take an absolute shitter of a position as a stop-gap. Aye it's brutal, the amount of shitey online personality tests I've had to fill out to see if I'm "the right fit" is ridiculous. I'm just panicking that I'll end up having to move home again once I graduate next year as I won't be able to find anything. What year/degree course are you in? It can help a lot if you manage to blag a summer job/internship at a company in the field in which you want to work. If not, for the bigger companies that operate the automated app. forms, learn quickly which buzzwords and phrases the software is looking for in order to get you to the point of having your CV looked at by a human being. Apply for everything but do so in a structured way - be prepared to move, and move far if it comes to it. Quie apart form the likes of Monster, Telegraph jobs, you can usually find agencies that will specialise in recruitment into the sector you are trying to get into, I found that these guys tended to be pretty good. In my 4th and final year of a Business and Marketing course, and sitting comfortably in 2.1 territory. I'll have a look about for recruitment agencies, as I reckon these will be pretty much the only way to get into SMEs, saving for handing out CVs one by one. Filling out those graduate recruitment forms is an absolute shiter considering how much other work I've got on my plate just now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Phone interviews are the thing which piss me off the most. The job market in general is pretty horrific. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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