{"id":9580,"date":"2019-03-12T10:15:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T09:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=9580"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:23:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:23:39","slug":"how-history-has-shaped-my-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2019\/03\/12\/how-history-has-shaped-my-future\/","title":{"rendered":"How History has shaped my future"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog by BA (Hons) History graduate Tom Rayner whose ambition is to one day work alongside his lecturers as an academic himself.<\/h3>\n

I learned many vital things I learnt in my three years at BU. On\u00a0reflection, they shaped the course of my\u00a0future as I became an\u00a0independent adult. There are the academic practices\u00a0which I learned, such as how to\u00a0reference and avoid plagiarism, how\u00a0to write properly and expand my\u00a0vocabulary, and (of key importance)
\nhow to become an independent\u00a0researcher. Overall, I was thoroughly\u00a0taught how to become a scholar. The\u00a0space I was given by my teachers\u00a0to be independent, in my research,\u00a0essays, and interests, is I believe,\u00a0the most valuable lesson of the\u00a0course. This was complemented by\u00a0the mentorship of my lecturers who\u00a0guided and fostered my ambitions.\u00a0This was helped by the small size\u00a0of the cohort. When I studied at\u00a0BU, I could drop in to the offices\u00a0of my lecturers at short notice or\"\"<\/a>unannounced. This is very rare at\u00a0other institutions but something\u00a0that I valued greatly. It really helps\u00a0to build a community between the lecturers and students. You feel\u00a0supported and encouraged to do\u00a0well. If I had to make the decision\u00a0again, I would choose to study at BU\u00a0every time \u2013 thanks largely to the\u00a0fantastic staff.\u00a0I was inspired by the academics\u00a0who delivered my course, and found\u00a0their knowledge and enthusiasm has\u00a0influenced my interest in history. I\u00a0enjoyed my studies so much that I\u00a0am now studying a Master\u2019s degree\u00a0in the Netherlands and ultimately, if I\u00a0become an academic myself, I would\u00a0love to work with some of the people\u00a0who have already had such a positive\u00a0impact on my career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog by BA (Hons) History graduate Tom Rayner whose ambition is to one day work alongside his lecturers as an academic himself. I learned many vital things I learnt in my three years at BU. On\u00a0reflection, they shaped the course of my\u00a0future as I became an\u00a0independent adult. There are the academic… Read more » about How History has shaped my future<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":9662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[496,19,504,1638],"tags":[1138,1137,913,811],"class_list":["post-9580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ug-courses","category-featured","category-history-politics-social-sciences","category-undergraduate","tag-bu-student","tag-history","tag-student","tag-undergraduate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9580","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=9580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9664,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9580\/revisions\/9664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}