Happy Christmas Everyone and a Happy New Year!
Well it's been a stressful first term but it's been worth it as mentioned in my previous post. Having a bit of time off has allowed me to reflect on things a bit since starting my second year of university. It's reminded me that nothing is more important than family but if I really want this degree and career, I'm going to have to work extremely hard for it.
2012 has been a turning point for me- it's made me realise my potential at this course and career choice, I've also learnt a lot about myself. I turned 20 on Christmas eve this year and that's also been a bit of a shock to my system and my real Gen Y side of me is coming out! Life isn't forever so make of it what you will and don't let anyone or anything stand in your way!
Oh... and my new years resolutions for 2013:
* Yes- I'm jumping on the "losing weight band wagon"- No big surprise there!
* Settle for nothing less than perfect in my coursework and exams, absolutely pull out all the stops these last 18 months of my course
* And finally, grab opportunities with both hands and make a real good go of things! (This applies to my course and life in general). But of course live by the motto if it doesn't work out it wasn't meant to be because at the end of the day- we're human. And I think a lot of people forget that about themselves and others...
So watch this space for a jam packed year full of fun, exciting experiences and opportunities and updates!!
Oh and being such a good marketing student that I am- it meant that I won the trivia game after Christmas dinner (for once and much to my Dad's dismay!). Have fun everyone!!
Tuesday 25 December 2012
Wednesday 19 December 2012
The Good, the Bad and the Delightful!
Well been a little longer between posts on here than I had hoped but the past two weeks have been so stressful... all four assignments due at the same time, makes me wonder how I would cope with multiple client accounts when I get a job. But the important thing now is that they're all done and dusted and I'm just awaiting some results and should get cracking with the next four assignments!
The bad news is that I got my first ever 2:2, which to tell you the truth I'm gutted about! However, it's all experience and this is just motivation for the group to make sure that the next assignment is better!
The good news is that I got another assignment back (my individual PR product launch piece) and I got a 2:1 for it (yay), which put the smile back on my face. I've got plenty of detailed feedback which hopefully will help me boost my grade next time to a first! I want to put up some parts of my work on here as this blog is designed to be my portfolio also but as I understand it currently I can't yet as at the end of the year my work has to be externally moderated and posting it online before then isn't the best idea.
Plus (yes more good news) for another module's assignment our task was to come up with a solution for the 2012/2013 Edcom competition.
http://www.adventure-competition.eu/pages.asp?pageName=brief
We had to create agency teams and come up with a solution to tackle young adult binge drinking on a European scale. We had to critically analyse the brief set to us and come up with your own campaign able idea and present it to a panel of university judges. The best teams (if there are any) would be put forward to compete in the actual Edcom competition on behalf of the university. If you haven't guessed where this is going by now... yes our team has been put forward!! Plus we all got personally congratulated by the judges on our presenting skills and the amount of time and effort we put into our idea.
Unfortunately again I can't disclose any actual details until after the competition is over but watch this space where throughout the year I will reveal all!
For now though- the delightful news- it's 5 days until my birthday and 6 days until Christmas and spending some quality time with my family and friends is definitely in order! Have a great holiday!
The bad news is that I got my first ever 2:2, which to tell you the truth I'm gutted about! However, it's all experience and this is just motivation for the group to make sure that the next assignment is better!
The good news is that I got another assignment back (my individual PR product launch piece) and I got a 2:1 for it (yay), which put the smile back on my face. I've got plenty of detailed feedback which hopefully will help me boost my grade next time to a first! I want to put up some parts of my work on here as this blog is designed to be my portfolio also but as I understand it currently I can't yet as at the end of the year my work has to be externally moderated and posting it online before then isn't the best idea.
Plus (yes more good news) for another module's assignment our task was to come up with a solution for the 2012/2013 Edcom competition.
http://www.adventure-competition.eu/pages.asp?pageName=brief
We had to create agency teams and come up with a solution to tackle young adult binge drinking on a European scale. We had to critically analyse the brief set to us and come up with your own campaign able idea and present it to a panel of university judges. The best teams (if there are any) would be put forward to compete in the actual Edcom competition on behalf of the university. If you haven't guessed where this is going by now... yes our team has been put forward!! Plus we all got personally congratulated by the judges on our presenting skills and the amount of time and effort we put into our idea.
Unfortunately again I can't disclose any actual details until after the competition is over but watch this space where throughout the year I will reveal all!
For now though- the delightful news- it's 5 days until my birthday and 6 days until Christmas and spending some quality time with my family and friends is definitely in order! Have a great holiday!
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Making it worthwhile
I currently commute to university as I only live about 20 miles away. In rush hour, this takes me an hour and 15 minutes tops. Whilst I'm driving it gives me a lot of time to think about project ideas, presentations, etc. It's actually a very productive time for me because although I'm not able to physically write things down my thought process goes into overdrive and more often than not my ideas for all my first year projects came from this method.
So today, I was driving down my road and realised I needed petrol (I promise there is reasoning behind me telling you this!). The petrol station was packed with angry looking drivers who quite obviously don't have a care for anyone else but themselves by they way they were treating each other.
After filling up my car and standing in the queue to pay, I observed everyone in the forecourt. They're all angry, frustrated, impatient, etc. Not a single person looking positive which is depressing and it got me thinking during my journey into university. This could be a normality for the rest of my life? Commuting into work, encountering these people day in and day out, it's quite draining.
That's when I realised that to go to all this effort and to make having nightmare commutes worthwhile (like people who commute to London on trains also- that must be even worse!!) you must really enjoy your job. My parents keep telling no one enjoys their job, not really. But I really intend to land myself with something that I can wake up and be enthusiastic about every single morning, regardless of any other factor, like commuting.
It's kind of given me fresh motivation to get through this university course so that I can start earning money and thus start living my life and being able to start fulfilling a lot of things I have planned. I guess the great thing about PR is that you can tailor your job to suit your needs and wants. There are so many different types of agencies and in-house that cover such a broad scope you can have a job that is as specific or as varied as you like and this is what I look forward to- really finding my niche through this course and having things finally fitting into place.
So today, I was driving down my road and realised I needed petrol (I promise there is reasoning behind me telling you this!). The petrol station was packed with angry looking drivers who quite obviously don't have a care for anyone else but themselves by they way they were treating each other.
After filling up my car and standing in the queue to pay, I observed everyone in the forecourt. They're all angry, frustrated, impatient, etc. Not a single person looking positive which is depressing and it got me thinking during my journey into university. This could be a normality for the rest of my life? Commuting into work, encountering these people day in and day out, it's quite draining.
That's when I realised that to go to all this effort and to make having nightmare commutes worthwhile (like people who commute to London on trains also- that must be even worse!!) you must really enjoy your job. My parents keep telling no one enjoys their job, not really. But I really intend to land myself with something that I can wake up and be enthusiastic about every single morning, regardless of any other factor, like commuting.
It's kind of given me fresh motivation to get through this university course so that I can start earning money and thus start living my life and being able to start fulfilling a lot of things I have planned. I guess the great thing about PR is that you can tailor your job to suit your needs and wants. There are so many different types of agencies and in-house that cover such a broad scope you can have a job that is as specific or as varied as you like and this is what I look forward to- really finding my niche through this course and having things finally fitting into place.
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