{"id":1424,"date":"2015-06-09T11:48:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T11:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2015-06-09T11:48:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T11:48:07","slug":"being-a-student-ambassador-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2015\/06\/09\/being-a-student-ambassador-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a Student Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"alice-white\"<\/a>There’s more to being a Student Ambassador than wearing a pink hoodie!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I didn’t set out at the start of my MA year to become a Student Ambassador – in fact, I’d seen the pink hoodies around campus, but I was never quite sure what a Student Ambassador actually did.<\/p>\n

As someone who has always wanted to be a blogger \u2013 but never had the discipline to actually run my own \u2013 I was delighted when BU emailed me and asked me to be a Student Ambassador postgraduate blogger. “At long last”, I proclaimed, “a chance for me to have a voice on the internets!”<\/p>\n

It was great to be able to write down some thoughts and tips that had come to me throughout my experience of the BA and the MA, most of which I had never really articulated or put into words until writing the blog. In fact, giving advice to future PG students made me reflect upon why I chose to go back to uni, and helped me to realise ways that I could improve upon my own studies and lifestyle while studying.<\/p>\n

There is more to being a Student Ambassador than just blogging – you can work regular shifts answering questions and queries about the university on social media and online forums, make advice vlogs on YouTube dishing out audio-visual delights, and represent the university at events such as Open Days, and in general while on campus.<\/p>\n\"UCAS-Ambassadors\"<\/a>\n

Being a Student Ambassador has given me a feeling of being more involved with the university, which is something I set out to do when I returned for the MA. It has been great meeting some of the lovely staff in the marketing department of the university when I turn up for a shift, and I feel much more a part of the uni than I did before.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also really proud to be able to look back on the past year and see everything I have done \u2013 both academically and as a part of the ambassador team. My long list of blogs, as well as the new vlogs and social media will be a good addition to my CV.<\/p>\n

On a more practical note, it\u2019s also a flexible and creative way of earning money to help pay the bills during your studies.<\/p>\n

Plus, y\u2019know, free pink hoodie. Need I say more?!<\/p>\n

By Alice White<\/strong><\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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