{"id":6518,"date":"2018-10-22T15:01:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T14:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=6518"},"modified":"2021-11-10T17:17:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T16:17:02","slug":"rebeccas-story-why-i-chose-msc-biodiversity-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2018\/10\/22\/rebeccas-story-why-i-chose-msc-biodiversity-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca’s story – why I chose MSc Biodiversity Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rebecca recently completed her\u00a0MSc Biodiversity Conservation. We asked her a few questions about her BU experience.<\/p>\n

What was your main reason for studying a postgraduate qualification?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Redirection into a new career.<\/p>\n

Why did you choose BU?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Renowned department, wonderful location and good university.<\/p>\n

What are the best things about your course and academic experience overall?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Week long field course, the requirement to undertake placements for experience, consistent field trips throughout the year.<\/p>\n

What are your favourite things about living and studying in Bournemouth?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The seaside, everything is close by, there are wonderful sites to visit outside as well.<\/p>\n

What were your career aspirations before coming to BU and what are they now?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I was unsure, but now I know I’d like to become a ranger or work in conservation outreach.<\/p>\n

How do you feel your experience at BU will help you in your future career?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Creating brilliant contacts will help throughout my career.<\/p>\n

What financial support have you been eligible for?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Student Finance England Postgraduate Loan.<\/p>\n

What piece of advice would you give to a prospective postgraduate student considering BU?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Visit the area first and make sure you love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rebecca recently completed her\u00a0MSc Biodiversity Conservation. We asked her a few questions about her BU experience. What was your main reason for studying a postgraduate qualification? Redirection into a new career. Why did you choose BU? Renowned department, wonderful location and good university. What are the best things about your course and academic experience overall?… Read more » about Rebecca’s story – why I chose MSc Biodiversity Conservation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,336],"tags":[1759,1761,2082,1624],"class_list":["post-6518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-blogs-archive","tag-bu-experience","tag-bu-journey","tag-msc-biodiversity-conservation","tag-why-bu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6518","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\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18296,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6518\/revisions\/18296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}