{"id":9624,"date":"2019-02-18T15:05:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T14:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=9624"},"modified":"2020-10-28T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:31:19","slug":"im-a-mum-a-student-and-a-student-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2019\/02\/18\/im-a-mum-a-student-and-a-student-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m a mum, a student, and a student ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog by current student Rebecca studying BSc (Hons) Midwifery.<\/h3>\n

Being a 38 year old mature student with 3 children, about to embark on a full time degree was pretty daunting at first. I had done my research and knew that the Midwifery degree required commitment and dedication and I did wonder how I was going to find time to fit everything in including an opportunity to do some sort of part time work to help earn some extra pennies.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I remembered meeting a first year midwifery student when attending a taster day before I applied. She wore a bright pink BU hoodie and kindly made me feel welcome, offering a group of us a campus tour. After chatting with her in the lunch break, I found out that as well as being a student she was also employed by the university as a student ambassador.<\/p>\n

Two years on, as a nervous fresher, I picked up a recruitment flyer at the student fresher\u2019s fair which gave me information about applying for that very role. I recorded an application video, attended an interview and got the job!\u00a0 Still wondering how I was going to juggle everything I just decided to go with the flow. I attended a couple of days training, collected a hoodie, set myself up on student temp (the online availability, job and timesheet organiser) and I was good to go.<\/p>\n

The role seems very flexible, I just fill in my availability on a calendar and receive texts to let me know about jobs.\u00a0 I reply \u201cYes\u201d or \u201cNo\u201d and then await further instructions. With marketing and events, school liaison, admin, blogs and vlogs, there is a good variety of work. \u00a0I haven\u2019t been able to offer much availability yet but, since I started the course 3 months ago, I have managed to earn myself just over \u00a3100! My favourite job so far has been attending the Southern Universities Network conference at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton to be part of a student panel. I represented the university and answered questions about my course from careers advisors and teachers from schools and colleges in the South, the added bonus of a tasty lunch was very much appreciated too!<\/p>\n

This is a perfect part time job for someone on a busy HSS course at Bournemouth university because the work and hours are flexible and you can choose when you want to work, allowing you to prioritise your degree. \u00a0I have also made new friends, who are studying different subjects and learnt about planned future developments within the university. One particular thing I like about the job is that however stressed I might get about juggling the workload, essay deadlines or long placement hours, when I am working as a student ambassador, talking about why I love studying Midwifery at the university, it fires up my passion for my future career and reminds me why I chose to return to study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a guest blog by current student Rebecca studying BSc (Hons) Midwifery. Being a 38 year old mature student with 3 children, about to embark on a full time degree was pretty daunting at first. I had done my research and knew that the Midwifery degree required commitment and dedication and I did wonder… Read more » about I’m a mum, a student, and a student ambassador<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":9625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1644,19,503,12,1638],"tags":[1138,136,929,990,202,1147],"class_list":["post-9624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employability","category-featured","category-health-social-care","category-student-blogs","category-undergraduate","tag-bu-student","tag-finance-2","tag-midwifery","tag-mum","tag-student-ambassador","tag-working"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9624","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=9624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9626,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9624\/revisions\/9626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}