By Michelle Lillywhite 2nd year BU Student, BA (Hons) Social Work Now that UCAS has been completed you need to think about student finance and making your application. The great thing about this is that you can get your finance agreed before you have accepted a place to study so you can get yourself organised… Read more » about Applying for finance
askBU Top things asked this week!
1. I’ve applied, when can I visit BU? Many of our courses run special days intended for applicants to come to campus, meet the team, get a more in depth feel for the course and occasionally can include interviews or activities. These tend to run from January through to March, and if you are… Read more » about askBU Top things asked this week!
Being in a club or society
By Rebecca White 3rd year BU Student, BSc (Hons) Archaeology University is a great time to try new things and meet new people, so take advantage of everything you can. Membership to most societies is just £5 or less, for the entire year. Many of them run a series of guest lectures or trips, which will… Read more » about Being in a club or society
Second year advertisers set to pitch to Clarks next week
Three teams of second year advertising students will travel to London next week to pitch their communication strategy proposals to Clarks‘ marketing team and its agencies. Students taking Account Planning last semester prepared a proposal in response to a live brief from the shoe company. The winning teams, chosen for combined top oral pitches and submitted strategy… Read more » about Second year advertisers set to pitch to Clarks next week
Clubs and Societies- BU Cricket Club
By Carlyle Collins 2nd year BU student, BSc (Hons) Forensic Science After receiving my Fresher’s Guide, I quickly started highlighting the clubs and societies I would love to join when I arrived at Uni. To my surprise, I easily had highlighted about twenty clubs- there were too many to choose from! There wouldn’t be enough time to… Read more » about Clubs and Societies- BU Cricket Club
One for the road
By Alice Fiancet 1st year BU student, BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism As a Multimedia Journalism student, I was required to attend an interview at Bournemouth University. This may sound daunting but in actual fact it was refreshingly relaxed, it simply gives you another opportunity to visit the campus, speak to students and meet lecturers. The… Read more » about One for the road
The Media School
The background The Media School at Bournemouth University offers a full range of media production, journalism and communication, corporate communications and animation courses. For the past 30 years the Media School has been producing successful graduates who have gone on to achieve phenomenal success within the media industry and beyond. The Media School is proud… Read more » about The Media School
Better Late than never?
Did you decide today that you want to go to uni only to find the deadline has passed? That’s ok, you can still go. And the choice is either to wait until next year (putting the deadlines in your diary now) or see what is available to late applicants. Deadline doesn’t mean dead-end.
Tracking The Prey Called UCAS….!!
By Patricia Obawole 2nd year BU Student, LLB (Hons) Law This is probably just the inner animal lover in me, but has anyone ever watched one of the nature shows when the Lion is about to catch a deer? Well, tracking UCAS is similar to this. Imagine you have become your inner lion and you are… Read more » about Tracking The Prey Called UCAS….!!
askBU Top things asked this week!
Late applications Didn’t quite meet the 15 January deadline? Visit our webpages to see if the course you’re interested in studying is accepting late applications, you might even find an alternative course that takes your fancy http://courses.bournemouth.ac.uk/courses/. All applications need to be submitted through www.ucas.com as soon as possible. Offer letters Offer letters are starting… Read more » about askBU Top things asked this week!
The things I wish someone had told me before I came to uni
By Sanita Lustika Third year BU student, BA (Hons) Digital Media Design After making this important decision, how do you move and study in a new place, possibly very far from home? To some extent for me it felt almost surreal to take this step, which seemed so big and scary. It, however, comes with… Read more » about The things I wish someone had told me before I came to uni
Not sure which accommodation to choose?
There’s a range of accommodation you can choose from. The student village is conveniently located on campus, so you’re minutes’ walk from the lecture theatres, which can of course be handy if you plan on spending hours in the library late at night or have a tendency to hit the snooze button on your alarm… Read more » about Not sure which accommodation to choose?
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