tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61596610847463610452024-03-05T18:44:54.510+00:00Raeesahby Raeesah, a 3rd year student of Biomedical ScienceUniversity of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-36483288890531349372014-05-30T13:46:00.000+01:002014-05-30T13:46:04.064+01:00Change<div class="MsoNormal">
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decided to change things-more specifically with regards to my blog posts. As I
have just completed my final year exams, submitted my dissertation and handed
in all my coursework I have much more time and can give this blog a much needed
TLC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I will be
editing some of the previous posts; I plan on adding more detail. I also want
to give all biomedical science students a breakdown of each individual course.
This way you all will have access to books, links and information that has been
tried and tested. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have also
interviewed some lecturers and will be writing up the interviews for you all.
This way you have access to more in depth and specific answers to questions
regarding courses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The student
life aspect will also be looked at. I want to also write up about what I plan
on doing next and how I go about the graduate recruitment process. Again, this
information will be as extensive and detailed as possible. I will be adding
other student’s information as well, therefore aiming to cater for more of you.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I will be
going on Holiday too-YAY! I have been looking forward to going away for quite
some time now. My sister (she is currently sitting her AS exams) and I are
completely exhausted. So the pair of us thought it best to book a holiday, just
to recharge and relax. We shall be heading to Tuscany on the 7<sup>th</sup> of
June for a week long break in the SUN! To say I am excited would be an
understatement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-17346180375766960672014-05-02T13:59:00.000+01:002014-05-12T14:07:56.216+01:00Energy Drinks<div class="MsoNormal">
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pandemic has also commenced. Everywhere you turn you see students with red
bulls, relentless, monsters, emerge, etc…the list could go on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Caffeine is one of the
most frequently used drugs in the world, granted low to moderate consumption of
the drug is considered safe, however, there is an increasing number of clinical
studies that show; individuals who become dependent on the drug find it
difficult to decrease their consumption of the drug even though they are aware
of the health risks if they continue having a high intake of the drug at
regular frequencies. It is for this reason that certain health care
professionals and the World Health Organization identify individual’s dependent
on caffeine as having a clinical disorder (Meredith et al, 2013).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I feel the need to
write about this because there are other alternatives to caffeine that most
students do not consider. Increasing intake of healthy foods especially oily
fish, snacking on fruits and vegetables, helps increase our energy levels. Oily
fish provide us with our Omega 3, 6 and 9 while Red meats increase our B12
levels. B12 is another ingredient that is found in most energy drinks. To all
the vegetarians and vegans, there are many supplements available that can help
bring your Omegas and B12 up, without you having to eat meat. </span></div>
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Taking supplements like the effervescent vitamin C tablets or adding liquid
Ginkgo Leaf extract to your water. These are simple methods that can be
incorporated into our everyday diet and in the long run have much better effects
on the body. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-6145110201079995832014-05-01T11:20:00.000+01:002014-05-01T11:20:17.378+01:00Exams<div class="MsoNormal">
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Monday the 28</span><sup style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 106%;">th</sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 106%;"> of April! I honestly cannot believe how quickly this
academic year has gone by. These are my final year 3 exams, it feels quite
strange writing that as these could quite possibly be the last exams I ever
have to take.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%;">Revision has been quite rushed. Once the final year
project had been submitted we had to submit our posters and then it was
possible to concentrate solely on exam revision. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have 3 exams; Advanced and Clinical Immunology, Haematology and Blood
Transfusion and Cellular and Molecular Pathobiology. The exams will also take
place in that order as well. Our first exam was on the 28<sup>th</sup> of April
and the last on the 13<sup>th</sup> of May. After which we have our poster
presentation on the 23<sup>rd</sup> of May. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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come down and check our posters out on the 23<sup>rd</sup>, it might help give
you an idea of what you might like to do. I have spoken to quite a few second
year Biomedical Science students and I am glad to hear that you have been
advised to already start thinking about your final year projects and some have
even started talking to supervisors. That is excellent as the sooner you get to
grips with what you are doing the better. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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his/her students. Some supervisors want you to give them ideas/input while
others have topics already lined up. Talk to them and clarify how they expect
you to go about doing your project. If it helps, spend the summer reading books
about ‘final year projects’ our library has quite a selection. It would also be
a good idea to read books on how to read research papers. This is because you
will be reading a lot of primary papers and you can’t afford to waste time,
because your final year will fly by, trust me, I blinked in September 2013 and
bam it’s April 2014. </span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-76068916648188272482014-03-31T13:23:00.000+01:002014-04-08T13:25:24.444+01:00Flatmate Update<div class="MsoNormal">
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our weight loss, exercise and food obsession and how we had been managing.
Well, they loved the blog post! I have been given more food talk/blog post
ideas along with possible story lines. It’s been an amusing month. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not normal chocolate, chocolate fountain style chocolate. So, on a student
budget we did the best we could. Below is the image of our chocolate fountain.
It was assembled and used in the early hours of the morning aka 1am. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this. The forensic flat-mate, who will soon be given the name of either the
‘non-existent’ flatmate or ‘an extension of library’ flat-mate, was unable to
join us, this is because she has found a new home, the library. <br />
Now that the library is open 24/7 we barely see her. I however get the
privilege to spend my Fridays with her, as we work together at the Universities
Enquiry Unit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and the fellow biomedical science flate mates are also well. They recently took
their organisational skills to new levels by labelling the content of our
fridge, something that has not been done the entire time we have all lived
together. However, their organisational skills were aimed solely at the bread.
The sense of which has still not made sense. However, we all have quirky ways
of expressing ourselves and if that’s what they needed to do, well that’s what
they needed to do. <br />
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-46247803644097692632014-03-28T14:19:00.000+00:002014-04-07T14:25:31.444+01:00Time<div class="MsoNormal">
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recently introduced to a YouTube channel-Funforlouis and I am now hooked. This
YouTuber has a zest for life and is lucky enough to travel around the world. He
vlogs (video blogs) every day and regards each day as an adventure, regardless
of how exciting or mundane the day may be, he always finds something positive
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It’s made me realise how we take small things for granted in our day to day
lives, just because we are not in a new place to experience them. </span></div>
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In terms of ‘adventure’ and ‘travel’ I had a pretty amazing 2013. I got to go
to Germany-specifblogically Hamburg and Papenburg, France-Disneyland and Paris and
I tried to explore London (I deliberately got lost in Central London). On one
of my central London walks I got to see Blue (the band- Antony, Duncan, Lee and
Simon). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These are
just a few things but honestly, 2013 was pretty amazing! I got to meet some
amazing people, experience new cultures and try out interesting foods. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The aim now
is for 2014 to outdo 2013 and I think one of the ways of achieving this is
through mind-set. If we were to regard each day as an adventure, we </span><span style="font-size: 21.600000381469727px; line-height: 24.533334732055664px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> overlook every new experience. We would accept it with open arms and live it,
even if it’s in our day to day lives. We don’t necessarily have to be in a new
environment to experience new things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So here’s to
wanderlust, the desire to want to travel and explore. I thought I would be a
bit original so I wrote the quote down and got my friends to help me decorate it.
We are by no means artists, were just trying to have fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-46512185836468434952014-02-17T10:09:00.001+00:002014-02-17T10:09:31.761+00:00Resolution Update <div class="MsoNormal">
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New Year resolutions is to exercise. Well I’m pleased to report that I have
started doing squats. It was a touch and go situation initially, however, I am
lucky enough to have friends who are on a weight loss mission and dragged my
lazy self to exercise with them.</span></div>
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We have a squat chart that we are following and today I did 70 squats (30 with
2kg dumb bells). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We also
thought we would try to eat healthy, however, since January the 1<sup>st</sup> 2014;
we have made a lot of very unhealthy choices in terms of our eating. We have
had an incredible number of takeaways and have become a permanent fixture in
nandos. I say ‘we’ as this is a joint venture, my flat mates and I are in this
together. We seem to have ignited a passion for food-specifically food we have
not cooked! The only thing losing weight right now is our bank balances which
was not the intention. If anyone has any tips on how to overcome this please,
please comment or write to us. All we seem to think about is ramen, kebab rolls,
biryani, chicken tikka, chicken wings, lamb chops, shawarmas, pasta, fish &
chips, rice and curry, burgers- chicken burgers, kebab sheesh burgers,
wraps-every possible form, chocolate, chocolate chip cookies, ice cream (Haagen Dazs and Ben & Jerrys), cakes, profiteroles and most of all-FRAPPACHINOS.
We have wanted Starbuck’s Frappuccino for quite some time now but there isn’t a
Starbucks near the Medway campus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Even though food is our source of sustenance I
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below were all taken by me and are just some (emphasis on some) of the things
we have come across. The first three images represent one of my flatmates
incredible baking abilities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-76965345957533613892014-01-16T09:23:00.000+00:002014-01-21T09:25:46.794+00:00I have made up my mind<div class="MsoNormal">
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November post I said I was not sure if I thought January exams were a good idea
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exams in January I can safely say, they are not a good idea, at least not the
way ours were conducted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Christmas holidays were spent revising, however, even when I took Christmas day
and New Year’s Eve off, it was really hard to relax. Exam stress is quite
consistent; it does not take a day off. First day back from the holidays we had
our first exam and now in the second week back at University, I am absolutely
exhausted. We have not had a proper break which in my opinion was quite
important considering how tough and demanding this term is going to be for us
final years. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am one of
the representatives for our third year and throughout the holidays I got emails
from my fellow class-mates saying how distressed they were and if there was
anything that could be done. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I know that
if we did not have January exams we would have had to give all our exams in May,
however, we would have had more time and would have had a lot more energy if
allowed to give exams in May. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I think the
school should ask students before making decisions like this or instead, if
third and second year students are used to May exams, they should be allowed to
complete the course the same way they started it, the same way they are used to
and the first years who are new to the system, get to try the new system of
January exams. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Universities have January exams, but those same Universities also give their
students revision extra time and then extra time off too.</span></div>
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positive note, I hope you have a lovely Christmas break and if you had exams in
January, I hope they went well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-85642380298381151742014-01-07T14:53:00.000+00:002014-01-23T15:54:03.135+00:00New Year’s Resolutions<div class="MsoNormal">
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2014!!! WOW! Time flies.</span></div>
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last few years, I haven’t made New Year’s resolutions because I learnt early on
that I was terrible at keeping them. So instead of setting myself up for
failure I just stopped making them. Don’t get me wrong, I </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> stop making
resolutions, I just </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> make them at the start of the year for the whole year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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however, I thought I might try again. So I made two resolutions. I know that
may seem quite little, but I would rather just have two and make sure I keep
them because I really do want to be able to do them every month.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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resolutions are: <br />
1. <b>To try to focus/concentrate more -</b> I find I can’t focus on a particular task
for too long, as my mind wonders or I start day dreaming. So I am hoping that
each month I get better and better at being able to focus on whatever task I am
undertaking. I am also hoping that this will make me more present and help me
to ‘live in the moment’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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exercising -</b> I know this is one of the most common resolutions however; I really
want to and hope to start exercising and hopefully keep it up. I don’t do a lot
of physical activity, not as much as I use to and I can really feel the
difference. The body becomes quite sluggish and tired, even when it </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">shouldn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">.
I have not yet worked out an actually exercise regimen, but hope to have one in
set soon. If I find one that works I will most definitely write about it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-75555171560474249242013-12-23T14:36:00.001+00:002013-12-23T14:36:15.330+00:00Hostage Situation<div class="MsoNormal">
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be, but I can’t say the same for some of my belongings. One of the washing
machines (the first one when you enter the laundry room) recently took my clothes
hostage. I had heard rumours of a washing machine that was holding hostages and
that was returning clothes in a much worse state, then they had been in when
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I have used the machines that are located
in the laundry room in question, a number of times and experienced nothing of
the sort so, in the same care free manner I proceeded to do my laundry. Here’s
the step by step, in case you were wondering: put my cloths in the washing
machine, added detergent, put the money in, pressed the button, set the timer
on my phone and walked back to my room (and went straight onto YouTube).<br />
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47 minutes later I go back to our buildings laundry room only to find the
machine has stopped (at 43 minutes), the door won’t open, the buttons won’t
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gentle, careful and kind but after 30 minutes of no support, no help from the
company and the machine refusing to do anything but sit there glaring at me
with pompous arrogance, I stabbed the ‘coloured clothes 40◦’ button! And it
worked! That’s right! That machine
churned! And it did not stop until it finished the complete washing cycle! <br />
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Have any of your ever suffered from an internal fever? Along
with your whole body hurting; your head in particular, blocked nose, dry
coughs, sinuses acting up and experiencing the occurrence of an intermittent
temperature? When you go out your layers of cloths and flesh no longer help to
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Yeah, that's happening and I don't have time for any of this! So, mission stop
getting any more ill and kick this illness to the curb has commenced! I've
stocked up on everything Google thinks will help-I can't go to my GP because
they have a one problem one appointment policy
( I promise to take a picture of the sign that states this if and when I next
go to grace my GP with my presence ;) ). <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve been taking the day and night nurse religiously and
have made sure I’m constantly sipping hot drinks. Coats and scarfs have become
second skin and I’ve been trying not to go out too much, in case I catch
anything new. Don’t want to risk anything while my immune system is weak and
busy fighting off this annoying trespasser. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I have had to finish and hand in an essay as well as
complete a set of online MCQs in this state. Not my finest work. However, I am
hoping that my efforts to fight this and stay positive will help me get through
this quickly. <o:p></o:p></div>
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University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-82715780985376641502013-11-20T09:17:00.000+00:002013-11-27T09:24:58.643+00:00November <div class="MsoNormal">
This month I have to submit a case study, an essay on
atherosclerosis, complete a literature review on a cancer paper, complete 2
sets of MCQs for microbiology, START my final year project, prepare to do a
presentation regarding my final year project and get up to date on all my
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So, (I’m starting this month on Monday the 4th) I have about
4 weeks-27 days- 648 hours! After factoring out sleep and lectures I am left
with 376 hours. That doesn't sound that bad when I break it up like that. But I
still think it’s not going to be easy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By the time you read this, I would have handed in my essay
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The reason why I’m trying to stay up-to-date with everything
is because; for the first time we have January exams. This was not the case
during my first and second year. I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about
it because sometimes I think it’s good to be tested on these subjects when they
are still fresh in our mind instead of in May but then I also think it’s very
important to actually get to spend our Christmas break, taking a ‘break’. It
helps us to recuperate and reorganise ourselves for the second term. Now
because of the January exams, our Christmas holidays are going to be spent
revising for our exams (hopefully) and for same strange reason I am fretting
about this in November and not December. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As this post has been quite a random one, I will end with
some facts about November.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The name ‘November’ comes from the Latin for nine (novem),
as it was the ninth month of the Roman calendar.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is no mention of the month of November in any of
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November has been designated National Novel Writing
Month and National Blog Posting Month.<o:p></o:p></div>
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November of 1986 was when the speed limit for horseless
carriages in Britain was raised from 4 mph to 14 mph. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The 4<sup>th</sup> of November use to be called Mischief
night. This was the night when all sorts of approved naughty things were done.
The main idea was to put things in the wrong place. Apparently Germany still
celebrates Mischief night but on the 1<sup>st</sup> of May.<o:p></o:p></div>
University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-26904511182275909472013-10-29T11:21:00.000+00:002013-10-30T15:37:52.800+00:00Career Options<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How
many of us know what we want to do once we leave university? Half of my year
has just finished sending off their applications for medicine, a quarter of
them are preparing for the 2015 entry into medicine and the handful of us left,
have varying interests. </span><br />
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And then there’s me, I have no idea what I want to do. </span><br />
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Last year I did a two week hospital
placement at The Medway Hospital; which was absolutely amazing! I met some
amazing Consultants, Biomedical Scientists and Medical Lab Assistants and got
to see the inner workings of a hospital lab. I learnt a great deal and one of
the main things I took from this experience was that I did not want to become a
Biomedical Scientist!! Personally, I
found the job to be quite mundane. It was only exciting and fun because of the
individuals that work there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Currently, the government wants to close down all
hospital laboratory’s and create two main laboratories that will be located at
opposite ends of the UK. They hope to keep ‘satellite labs’ in hospitals that
will only require one person to man. The individuals I worked with explained
that all of them did not know if they were going to continue working because
none of their jobs were safe. I am not entirely sure how long it is going to
take the government to achieve this; however, they have already started working
towards this. This </span><span style="font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">isn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> the reason why I don’t want to be a Biomedical
Scientists, it’s something I learnt while I was working and wanted to share with
you all. </span></span><br />
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My search continued I was then drawn
to becoming an MP for science! I loved the sound of this! Consulting the
government on science related topics, being able to have a say when important
decisions were to be made, that sounded so amazing! I started to look into what
I needed to do and found out I needed to get in touch with my party of interest
in my local area, stay up to date with current affairs, etc… As I live out
during the academic year, this started to become very difficult and by the end
of the academic year, I had forgotten about it completely! </span><br />
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During the summer I was supposed to
‘confirm’ my chosen career path and look at possible routes and vacancies. I
was not able to do this properly but I have come up with three plans. Plan A is
to get a job (what exactly, I’m still unsure), Plan B is to do a Masters (possible
topic areas are Biotechnology or anything technology related) and Plan C is to
do a PhD (in neuroscience). </span><br />
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Those of you who are unsure about what
career path to take, try prospects, they list all job types and generate suitable
jobs for your ‘personality type’. Also read up about where science degrees can
take you-that’s what I did and found to be quite useful. Go to career fairs and talk to people about
what they do and why they do it. Ask questions and don’t give up. </span><br />
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Hi everyone, hope you're all well. I thought I would give you
a breakdown of what the three years of Biomedical Science consist of. I will give you
an idea of my time in each year and a way for me to share some tips/advice. The
first paragraph is a basic introduction to University and after that each
paragraph is about each year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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During your induction week most of the lecturers try to drum
in to you the fact that, anyone one and everyone can work towards getting a
first class honours degree. The key is hard work! If you put in the time and
effort you can get 70+ in your assignments and exams. It's not about spending
three hours in front of a book and the saying, I studied three hours! You need
to make sure you understand your lectures! And if you don't, find someone or
something (books, online resources, tutorials, etc...) to help you! Those of
you who like doing things last minute, we'll yes, it might be possible to do
assignments a few days before they are due, but now that you know it's
possible, why don't you try to see if it's possible for you to start your
assignments the day it's handed to you! Try testing that out! It's a lot harder
than being a lastminute.com/student.<u> </u><o:p></o:p></div>
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Year 1: As I hope you’re aware, the first year of Biomedical
Science does not count, that does not mean you don't have to try to make an
effort! It merely means your lecturers are giving you an opportunity to get used to university life and self-study! It is possible to do well in this year,
alongside partying and going out as long as you balance things! So only allow
yourself to go out when you don't have any coursework due and you are up-to-date
on all your lectures (you understand all you lectures and can give a brief
summary of them if need be). But do enjoy yourself in your first year! It’s the
perfect time to make new friends and experience new things.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The first term is aimed at getting everyone on the
same level. Those of you from the biology, chemistry backgrounds will find it
slightly easier as most of the terms and the content will be familiar, of
course you will still need to read up as you will be introduced to in-depth
information. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The second year, it's not easy. Not trying to scare all you
second years but this year you have to knuckle down. Last minute work is not
going to help you this year! You need to up your game. This Involves making
sure you know what's happening in your lectures, you need to be studying!
Especially when you have pathobiology in the second term! Trust me that subject
requires a lot of learning and reading and memorising and there is no living
way you can do this overnight! I am not challenging any of you by saying this!
I'm trying to give you a head start so you’re able to cope! The second year is
a lot more intense then the first and those of you aiming for a first will find
you’re not going out as much as you did in the first year, but that's fine. You
can always go out after your exams! Those of you doing research and
professional skills, stay calm! It's not as hard as you think! Read each
lecture very very carefully! Pay attention to every slide and when you’re in
the computer labs, don't hesitate to ask for help! It is possible to get 100%
in this! I don't know anyone who did but all my friends and I got high 90s in
this! You just need to pay attention! Those of you, who don't like statistics
might find it a bit dry, just be persistent! <o:p></o:p></div>
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As for third year! We'll I don't know about the rest of you
but wow we have our work cut out for us. In the third year, we have a final
year project that is 30 credits. Final year projects can be laboratory based or
literature based. Laboratory based projects involve you doing your own
experiments. So, you need to make sure you have lab time booked, you have all
the equipment you need and you have to sort this all out yourself. Literature
based projects are based on other scientists lab work, so you have to
critically analyse other peoples work. This is an on-going debate about which
one is harder and honestly, who cares which one is harder! What matters is, you
picking the one that suits you. We picked our projects in June. We had three
options and then before we started university we were told which option we got.
I am doing a literature based project which was my second choice. I honestly
thought I would be getting my first choice which was a lab based project, so
did not prepare for this at all. Then when I found out about my project
allocation I was in denial, so still did no research (which is quite essential
as it's a literature project). My subject area is neuroscience and neuropharmacology;
those of you who have read my blog know that I had originally applied to
university to study neuroscience. Will this help me now, I'm not sure, but I
will update you all on what my topic and title is, as soon as I know. I am
quite lucky, in that, my supervisor has said I can write about whatever I like.
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is my third year in halls of residence!! Three years in the same building, same
flat and same room! <br />
I bet your thinking first year, fair enough it makes sense to live in halls but
second and third year?! Yeah that was my reaction in second year! I could not
believe I was in halls for a second year! </span><br />
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My friends and I tried to get a house! We really did, but every time we found a
house that we liked, that was not too far from campus, we would call the owner
only to be told: this house is no longer available! Someone just signed the
contract! This happened EVERY TIME! We kept looking, during the summer after
first year-we were still looking and when Second year was about to start we
started panicking! We had nowhere to live! So we all applied for halls, again!
-.- </span><br />
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I called Medway’s accommodation office and they were lovely! They gave me a
room! But it was on the top floor! The thought of carrying my entire luggage to
the third floor! Oh no! I’m out of breath just by the thought! So I asked for another room that was not on
the ground floor or the top floor and lo and behold I got the same room I had
in my first year.</span><br />
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The University offer a system whereby you are able to put down the names of
friends you would like to live with, my friend and I took advantage of this and
put one another’s names down. During the second year all of us flat mates got
along so well, we decided to live together in halls for another year! So we all
have the same rooms and the same flat. I know this may seem quite absurd to
most of you, but it works for us. We are all quite lazy and if we lived far
from Campus, we </span><span style="font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">wouldn't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> come in, a risk none of us were willing to take in our
third year. Also, the Medway campus offered a new facility during exam time-the
library stayed open till 3am!</span></span><br />
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I’m actually quite happy with regards to my living arrangements this year. I
get to live with some of my really close friends </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><br /></span>University of Greenwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879701446496502511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159661084746361045.post-9691867376305249332013-09-26T14:13:00.000+01:002013-10-07T14:15:01.162+01:00Third Year<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Third
year has officially started! :o I don’t know where the 92 days of my 2013
summer went let alone the first two years of University! </span><br />
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We have been allocated supervisors and been told what Final Year projects we
are to complete.<br />
When picking your final year project you get three choices. I got my Second
choice (I’m not sure what’s going on with me missing out on my first choices,
first University and now final year projects. At least I got my second choice)
which was Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology. My first choice was Cancer
Biology. </span><br />
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There is quite difference between them (looking past the obvious-nerves/CNS and
cancer). Cancer Biology is a Laboratory based Project while Neuroscience is a
literature based project. There is a huge and on-going debate about which one
is harder, however, in my opinion anything in life is hard, so that’s not my
concern. I am worried about employment though. I have ‘heard’ emphasis on the
‘heard’ that some employers prefer Laboratory based projects (I hope I don’t
apply to any of them). </span><br />
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I’m still not sure what area in neuroscience I am going to write about but I’m
starting to get quite excited. I hope it is excitement I’m feeling. I get to
write 10 thousand words on a particular neurodegenerative disease, I get to
read and critically evaluate other people, I mean scientists experiments. I get
to write everything in my own words because if I </span><span style="font-size: 14.545454025268555px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">plagiarise</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> it’s an instant
fail. And once I have bound and handed in my project I get to present my work
in the form of a poster in front of an academic who grades me! </span></span><br />
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Yeah, I’m pretty excited. </span><br />
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In 2011 I started University; I moved out of our family home
and came to live on campus. Shopping for University supplies was by far the
most tedious task I have ever carried out. I tried to be efficient and think of
everything I would need. I made lists, so for Bedroom, I listed all the things
my room would need, then the same for kitchen and bathroom and a completely
separate list for stationary (my stationary is that privileged). I also came
armed with disinfectant and Dettol wipes. </div>
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<br />On moving day my mum and brother accompanied me. I had to drag my brother
along because I knew I would need help carrying things. After cleaning my room
and unpacking, I was actually quite pleased with myself. I had packed
everything, forgotten nothing and everything was in order. My family and I went
to have dinner and then we said our goodbyes and I went to my room to try to
set up the internet (which did not work for 8 days! As the system had crashed).</div>
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<br />I’m not an outgoing, chatty person, so saying Hi to others wasn't easy
during the induction week, but I gave it my best. I met a lot of people and
also made some really close friends. However, my point of writing this is to
tell you about what happened during the induction week. </div>
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A friend of mine and I decided to make wraps, I had all the ingredients and we
thought it would be nice to have for lunch. When we got to my kitchen, I got
all the supplies out and was about to start cooking, only when I realised, I
HAD FORGOTTEN THE OIL! I remembered the bath mat but forgot the oil! Oil-a key
ingredient for anything you may want to cook and I didn't even think of
it. </div>
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The point is you won’t remember everything, none of us do. But what you should
remember is you’re at University! You've finally finished and left school; some
of you may even move out and leave your home town. This is a new chapter in
your lives. Make the most of every moment and every opportunity! Not everyone
gets an opportunity like this! We get to party, study and learn how to stand on
our own two feet. We are creating our futures! Let’s enjoy ourselves in the
process. </div>
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Good Luck :D <o:p></o:p></div>
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