MY YELLOW BRICK ROADLewis Smith,BA Modern History and PoliticsSenior Student Ambassador

I AM ESSEXI AM SUFFOLK

I AM SUFFOLK

IPSWICH

I AM SUFFOLKFATHER MOTHER

ALL HAVE STRONG SUFFOLK ACCENTS

(NOT ME)EXCEPT ‘I LIKE IT’

OTHER FAMILY- HLTA, PIG FARMER, SPORTS CAMP STAFFNO OTHER FAMILY WENT TO UNIVERSITY

MY HIGH SCHOOL LIFE

YEAR 8

8 MINS AWAYWELL PERFORMING

WORK EXPERIENCEY10 WORKED IN MY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Y12-13 WORKED WITH LABOUR PARTY

DOOR KNOCKING, LETTER STUFFING, DATA ENTRY

ETC.

AFTER SIXTH FORM

UNIVERSITY?SURE. WHY NOT.

PRIMARY SCHOOL

SECONDARY SCHOOL SIXTH FORM

NATURALLY UNIVERSITY?

MY FRIENDS?

CAR MECHANIC-

IPSWICH

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL- EGYPTOLOGY

NEW ZEALAND- GAP YEAR

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON-

CHEMISTRY

AFTER SIXTH FORMRESEARCHING BLIND.NO IDEA WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, WHAT COURSE, WHAT LOCATION, WHAT JOB… BUT…HISTORY AND POLITICSBUT…NOT OLD HISTORY

UNIVERSITY RESEARCHHORRIBLE OLD HISTORY

UNIVERSITY RESEARCHMODERN HISTORY AND POLITICS

UNIVERSITY RESEARCHMY DEGREEMODERN HISTORY, PREFERABLY

WITH POLITICS REASONABLY CLOSE TO HOME (NOT

TOO CLOSE) WELL PERFORMING ON LEAGUE

TABLEShttp://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings

UNIVERSITY RESEARCHMODERN

LOOKING, WELL PERFORMING

CLOSE BUT NOT FAR

THE LAST UNIVERSITY I FOUND, THE FIRST ONE I WANTED TO GO TO

HERE AND NOW

MY YELLOW BRICK ROADRIDE THE WAVE

CHOSE THE THINGS I ENJOYED

PICKED THE PLACE I LOVED

STUDENT LIFELEWIS SMITHBA MODERN HISTORY AND POLITICSSENIOR STUDENT AMBASSADOR

JOB PROSPECTS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCES

STUDENT LIFEWHY GO TO UNIVERSITY?

MAKING THE MOST OF A UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCESTUDYING, STUDENTS UNION, SPORTS & SOCIETIES, TRAVELLING, LIFE SKILLS

WHY GO TO UNIVERSITY?

LOVE YOUR SUBJECT! Taking your passion and devoting your time to becoming an

expert. LOVE YOUR CAREER!

‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life’- 70% of graduate jobs don’t require a specific degree

Average starting salary for a graduate is around £30,000 (Independent 2015)

Graduates earn £100,000 more across their working lives You can enter at a higher level and go further in your chosen

career MONEY!

Graduates earn on average 12K more per year than non-graduates

WHY UNIVERSITY?

DEVELOPING TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Communication Time management Organisation Problem solving Research Decision making

WHY UNIVERSITY?

Sounds boring?Think again…

MON TUE WED THU FRI

8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00-10:00 Technology Technology Maths PE English

10:00-11:00 Science Science English Science Maths

11:00-11:30 BREAK

11:30-12:30 History Maths Technology Science PSHE

12:30-1:30 Business English Science ICT History

1:30-2:05 LUNCH

2:05-3:05 ICT Business History ICT Business

MON TUE WED THU FRI

9:00-10:00 Intro to OLSLab

10:00-11:00Intro to OLS

Lecture11:00-12:00

Dissertation Meeting

Meeting

12:00-1:00 Political Economy

Lecture

Quantative Political AnalysisSeminar *1:00-2:00

2:00-3:00

3:00-4:00

4:00-5:00Quantative

Political AnalysisSeminar

ListenLecturesSeminars

SpeakLabsLook

TutorialsTeach

Independent Study 20-30 Hrs

Reading Articles/ Books

Writing Essays

Group Work

Revising Problem Sets

Lab Work

MON TUE WED THU FRI

9:00-10:00

AMBASSADOR WORK

VISIT DAY

MEETINGS

HISTORY SOCIETY

Intro to OLSLab

10:00-11:00 ESSAYIntro to OLS

Lecture

ESSAY

ESSAY RESEARCH11:00-12:00

SEMINAR READING

Dissertation Meeting

Meeting

12:00-1:00 Political Economy

Lecture

Quantative Political AnalysisSeminar *1:00-2:00 LUNCH LUNCH

2:00-3:00PROBLEM

SETS

LUNCH LUNCHDISSERTATION

RESEARCH

3:00-4:00 GYM GYM

4:00-5:00Quantative

Political AnalysisSeminar

ESSAY ESSAY

Cooking Cleaning Washing/Ironing Managing money Independent learning Social skills

LIFE SKILLS

STUDENT MONEYHERE IS MONEY

GO AND LIVE!

HIGHER OR LOWER?

Costs £6.49

£15(For a 12 piece set)

*as of Argos Online

Work abroad or study at another university

Learn or practice another language

Lots of travel opportunities can be in English

Great travel and language experience for the future

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ALL OUR DEGREES OFFER A YEAR ABROAD OR PLACEMENT YEAR OPTION

WHERE DOES THIS FLAG REPRESENT?

150 partner institutions in 39 countries

STUDY ABROAD

www.essex.ac.uk/essexabroad/

Arabic Chinese French German Russian Spanish

STUDY ABROADMOST UNIVERSITIES TEACH IN ENGLISH

LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE!

STUDENTS UNION

SPORTS AND SOCIETIES

SPORTS AND SOCIETIESAikido American Football Archery Athletics Badminton Boxing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Cheerleading Cricket Disc Sports EBMAS Wing Tzun  Essex Dance Fencing Gaelic Football Gliding Golf Hockey Horse Riding Jiu Jitsu Judo Karate Kickboxing Kung Fu Mens Basketball Mens Football Mens Rugby Union Motorsports Mountaineering Netball Pool Rowing Rugby League Skydiving Snowsports Southend Fencing Southend Football Squash Sub Aqua Swimming / Water Polo Table Tennis Ten Pin Bowling TennisTaekwondoTrampolining

Economics Electronics Essex Marine Conservation Essex Robotics Film Making Film Society Flamenco History History of Art Human Rights Jazz Law Marine Conservation Maths Med Gastronomy Philosophy Photographic Poetry and Short Story Society Politics Psychology Sociology Socrates Evasmus Theatre Arts Afro Carribean Amnesty International Arabic Asian Believers Loveworld Campus Chinese Christian Fellowship Chinese Student Scholars Christian Union Cypriot Democracy in Burma European Explore Azerbaijan French Connection German

Gregorian Hellenic Hong Kong Chinese Indian Cultural International International Academy Iranian Islamic Italian Japan International Jesus Alive Fellowship Jewish Kashmir Kazakh Korean Latin American Latin American Women Lithuanian Malaysian Mauritian Mexican Rock Underground Music Urban AIESEC Anti Competitive Exercise Beers, Wines & Spirits Society Chess Conservative Future Entrepreneurship Explore UK Fashion Art & Beauty FUN Green Students Juggling Labour UNICEF

Accounts Finance & Management Art Art Film Society Biology Bollywood Film Comedy Complimentary Health Computer Debating Lesbian Gay (LGBT & Friends) Lib Dem Magic Society Mature Students Model UN Multi Player Gaming Paintball Peace Campaign People & Planet Poker Respect SIFE Essex Silly Socialist Worker Students St John Ambulance Links Stop the War Student Action for Refugees Students' For Free Tibet Travelling U8 Essex Vegetarian Society Walking/Rambling Wivenhoe Society YogaTriathlon Volleyball Watersports Womens Basketball

Nordic Pakistan Palestinian Polish Society Portugese Speaking Society Role Play Society Russian Saudi Student Society Sikh Slavonic Society Spanish Fiesta Spanish Speaking Syrian Taiwain Thai Turkish Turkish Cypriot Cultural Vietnamese Choir Classical Music Society Clubbing Creativeonix Da Fonk Discordian DJ Drum & Bass Dub Step Gig Goth Indie Metal

Student ambassador Students Union Frontrunner Internship Town

MAKING MONEY

GRADUATIONWHERE NEXT?

WHERE NEXT?

Lewis Smith, MA

WE ARE ESSEX.MORE THAN A DEGREE.

FINANCE

STUDYSKILLS FOOD

PEOPLESOCIETIES

SPORTSLANGUAGETRAVEL

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