Support thread for students, mature and otherwise...

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swittle Jul 2021 11:32pm, 30 Jul 2021 78,024 posts	0 swittle If you can come through a pandemic ravaged year with flying colours, you'll cope with anything education and educating may throw your way! Well done indeed!
Grast_girl Jul 2021 10:32am, 31 Jul 2021 2,280 posts	0 Grast_girl Fantastic HFE.
CasB Oct 2021 5:46pm, 24 Oct 2021 484 posts	0 CasB Hello all, I was very slack and didn't come back to thank you for the advice on my MSc application earlier this summer, which was really helpful and much appreciated. I got in! First teaching weekend was earlier this month (really interesting and only slightly terrifying ) and I have just finished my first essay, hurrah! Good luck to anyone also starting a new course!
DrPhleecingD Oct 2021 6:15pm, 24 Oct 2021 53,323 posts	0 DrPhleecingD Well done cas! I’m teaching masters students this year and they are all slightly terrified so I’d say this is entirely normal. It just means it’s important and challenging
LindsD Oct 2021 10:57pm, 24 Oct 2021 50,381 posts	0 LindsD Well done!
CasB Oct 2021 10:42am, 25 Oct 2021 485 posts	0 CasB Thank you! Yes, definitely important and challenging, and I'm sure that once we're into the swing of it, and have got our heads around citations and referencing and virtual learning environments (it was all very different when I was an undergrad 25 years ago!) we'll all be absolutely fine.
Grast_girl Oct 2021 12:11pm, 25 Oct 2021 2,396 posts	0 Grast_girl I'm sure you'll do fine CasB.
shyfire Apr 2022 7:26pm, 5 Apr 2022 409 posts	0 shyfire Resurrecting thread. Wonders how CasB is getting on. I have a question, apologies if somewhere within the other 286 pages. I am considering an online MSc in subject related to my job. Applicant portals ask for academic references. I haven't been a taught student for 25 years. What is the norm for this?
CasB Apr 2022 8:48pm, 5 Apr 2022 661 posts	0 CasB Hi shyfire. Mine asked for my transcripts from my first degree, and two work references. It might be worth emailing the admissions office for the course and asking them? Our course administrators are amazing and have helped us all navigate the return to academia with immense patience for our many stupid questions Good luck! I'm just over halfway through year one and still really enjoying it - into the swing of essay writing and so on, although it definitely takes more time than the 10 hours of self-study a week they said it would. I've reduced and compressed my working hours slightly to get a non-working day each week which has made a real difference and would definitely recommend that if it's an option for you. But overall it's already really helping me at work, and I can feel my thinking getting broader and see myself changing my approach to some things based on what I've studied.
shyfire Apr 2022 9:18pm, 5 Apr 2022 410 posts	0 shyfire Good to hear you are enjoying the course CAsB and managing to combine work and study. Also useful to know work referees should suffice. I have the opportunity to do one of the modules as a stand alone short course so that should be a useful taster before deciding to apply.