There were 60 people on my undergrad course, and while I did get to know most of them, there were inevitably different friendship groups. On my Master\u2019s course there are just seven people, which means we\u2019ve all become very close. The collaboration in our framework has made it easy to make friends on other courses too.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve all experienced situations where there are students who don\u2019t put the effort in, but every postgraduate student I\u2019ve met at BU is here because they really want to be, and they have a real passion for their course.<\/p>\n Maybe it\u2019s partly because we are a smaller group, but the lecturers really get to know each of us on a personal level, which makes me feel supported.<\/p>\n I made a decision to throw myself into as many opportunities as possible at BU, and I\u2019ve managed to do that. Being a Student Rep for my course and working as a Student Ambassador and blogger have allowed me to make the most of my time here and really feel involved.<\/p>\n I spent three years presenting music shows on my student radio station, which made me want to come here and study radio further. I\u2019ve already learnt so much more about the industry and have been able to explore other genres beyond music, including drama and features.<\/p>\n I\u2019d never visited Bournemouth before coming to study here, and it really is perfect for students. It\u2019s not as overwhelming as a big city would be, but it\u2019s certainly not a small town either. There\u2019s always something to do and you won\u2019t get lost. And of course there\u2019s the beautiful beach!<\/p>\n I was a bit nervous about living in halls again as a postgrad, but it\u2019s worked out really well. I\u2019m in Chesil House, which is in a convenient location and is actually the nicest student accommodation I\u2019ve lived in.<\/p>\n I used to go home at weekends during my undergrad study, but now that I live in the UK, that\u2019s obviously not an option anymore. I no longer have the luxury of sneaking my laundry home in a bag to be done for the following week. I have much more responsibility now.<\/p>\n As a postgraduate, I now have one year to do everything in, so life seems much busier than before. It can be draining at times, so eating properly and getting enough sleep is now even more important than it used to be.<\/p>\n Doing a Master\u2019s is hard work, but it\u2019s also very enjoyable. I\u2019m lucky enough to be studying something I love and am trying to make the most of every moment.<\/p>\n By Sarah Stacey<\/strong>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since starting at Bournemouth University in September, I\u2019ve learnt so many things in a short space of time. It\u2019s only since the first term has ended that I\u2019ve had a chance to reflect and realise just how much of a journey it\u2019s been. Here are ten of the main things I\u2019ve picked up so far…. Read more » about Ten things I\u2019ve learnt so far<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,1663],"tags":[877,130,48,2048,2186,2233],"class_list":["post-14441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-postgraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-masters","tag-postgraduate-study","tag-sarah-stacey"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sarah](\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2016\/01\/Sarah-and-course-mated.jpg\")
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