{"id":28036,"date":"2026-07-01T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/?p=28036"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:26:51","slug":"my-clearing-story-josephine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2026\/07\/01\/my-clearing-story-josephine\/","title":{"rendered":"My clearing story – Josephine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest blog by Josephine Bangura, BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy (with Foundation Year)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although I didn\u2019t get into my original course choice, I knew I still wanted to study something healthcare-related because I\u2019ve always enjoyed working with people and supporting them to improve or manage their health and wellbeing. That\u2019s when I discovered Occupational Therapy at BU through Clearing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The clearing process was actually much easier than I expected<\/strong>, but at first, I was really nervous. I remember sitting with my friends around a computer at our town\u2019s library, looking through the clearing list and searching for Occupational Therapy courses.<\/p>\n

\"Josephine<\/a>There were a few universities that came up, so I spent time comparing my options and thinking carefully about what would suit me best. I eventually chose Bournemouth University because a lot of things about it stood out to me.<\/strong> I really liked the distance between the accommodations and the university.<\/p>\n

I wanted somewhere that felt convenient and easy to settle into.<\/strong> I also loved the fact that Bournemouth is near the beach<\/a><\/strong>, which felt like such a nice environment to live and study in. Another major factor for me was distance from home<\/strong>. I didn\u2019t want to move too far away from my family and friends because spending time with them is really important to me. I wanted somewhere where travelling home during holidays or even just visiting when I needed to see them felt realistic and manageable.<\/p>\n

Once I decided on Bournemouth, I contacted the admissions team, and they were really helpful in guiding me through the process and explaining everything clearly. I also had a phone interview, which I was nervous about at first, but it went much better than I expected. Not long after, I received an offer, which was really exciting!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though I applied later through clearing, choosing accommodation was surprisingly easy, and I still had plenty of options available.<\/p>\n

Looking back, I\u2019m really glad I went through clearing because it helped me find a course and university that genuinely feels like the right fit for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guest blog by Josephine Bangura, BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy (with Foundation Year) Although I didn\u2019t get into my original course choice, I knew I still wanted to study something healthcare-related because I\u2019ve always enjoyed working with people and supporting them to improve or manage their health and wellbeing. That\u2019s when I discovered Occupational Therapy at… Read more » about My clearing story – Josephine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3668,"featured_media":28060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,411,19,12,704,10],"tags":[103,415,214,3612,3006],"class_list":["post-28036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-applying","category-clearing","category-featured","category-student-blogs","category-student-life","category-visiting-bu","tag-apply","tag-bu-clearing","tag-clearing","tag-clearing-2026","tag-how-to-apply-through-clearing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036","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\/3668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28036"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28073,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28036\/revisions\/28073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}