I joined the Film Society<\/a> last year, and became President for the 2023\/2024 academic year.<\/p>\n Having a regular social presence centred around something I\u2019m passionate about was a great way to meet people and it gave me a lot of confidence, pushed me out of my boundaries, and added some more structure to my life.<\/p>\n Joining a society<\/a> could do the same for you! Bournemouth University has plenty, from academic to social to special interest- there is something for everyone.<\/p>\n Nerve radio<\/a> is our BU student radio station, which open applications for hour-long slots twice a year. It plays in our student union building and online<\/a>, 8 am to 9 pm. You can host on your own or with a friend, learning to radio jockey, podcast, and navigate radio platforms.<\/p>\n This built my confidence as a public speaker and I met loads of awesome people through it- both getting to know my guests better and meeting other radio presenters.<\/p>\n Learning to use the technology in the radio studios, organise my show, and schedule my time was a great experience, not to mention a nice addition to any student\u2019s CV<\/a>.<\/p>\n Similarly, I took a random chance singing up online to write articles for The Tab and after a year I’m now the Editor-in-Chief.<\/p>\n The Tab<\/a> is a national student news site online, written by students for students, with different branches for different universities. The Bournemouth branch was dormant when I joined and I am very proud that I had a hand in building it up again.<\/p>\n I learnt a lot about journalism, both through experience and the online training seminars the HQ offers, but the real gem was getting to nurture the writers on our team. I got to know Bournemouth better and having my name in print was a source of pride.<\/p>\n Trying new extracurriculars helped me meet people, expand my horizons, learn new things, and improved my confidence and mental health immensely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2024 is here, and a new year is a great reason to try new things! When I first moved away from home, I struggled to find my feet and places I belonged, but my university experience got so much better when I started getting involved with everything Bournemouth has to offer. I became much happier… Read more » about Three clubs to try in the New Year, and why societies can help you!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3652,"featured_media":25232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1663,12,704,217,1638],"tags":[1292,1130,592],"class_list":["post-25227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-postgraduate","category-student-blogs","category-student-life","category-students-union","category-undergraduate","tag-bu-clubs-and-societies","tag-new-year","tag-student-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25227","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\/3652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25227"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25332,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25227\/revisions\/25332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Hand](\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-19-at-11.36.47-235x300.png\")
<\/a>The BU Film society hosts weekly film screenings on campus, Our members vote for the movie based on a theme, go to the student bar afterwards, as well as have lots of socials like quizzes, bar nights and a trip to the Berlin Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Smiling](\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-19-at-11.41.48-300x164.png\")
<\/a>Each Wednesday I get to host my show CD Swap Shop, where I ask my guest to give me three of their favourite songs beforehand. I make a playlist with similar songs and we share our memories and chat on the air.<\/p>\n![\"Girl](\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2023\/11\/IMG_5662-300x199.jpg\")
<\/a>Writing articles for The Tab or other student journalism sites is also a great way to gain experience in journalism, there\u2019s no quotas for writers so you can write when you choose to. Internet literacy and writing is a valuable skill for any job and it\u2019s an easy way to add something useful to your CV.<\/p>\n