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Fri, 10/04/2009 - 11:16
My interests in Economics began in the sixth form, though I did not study the subject academically before this.
The crucial importance and relevance of economics related disciplines to the modern...
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 11:15
The crucial importance and relevance of economics related disciplines to the modern world have led me to want to pursue the study of these social sciences at a higher level, My experiences of A-Level...
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 11:14
The crucial importance and relevance of economics related disciplines to the modern world have led me to want to pursue the study of these social sciences at a higher level My experiences of A-Level...
Fri, 10/04/2009 - 10:26
I know, I had the same problem, whether you've decided if your going to university or not, if you have more than one interest it can be difficult to decide what to do next. Sometimes the solution is...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 22:07
Date: 11/12/2003
Time to see what I've learned this term
It was drawing close to the last day of term, most of my half year courses were coming to an end and the tests were upon us. I had...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 22:06
Date: 03/10/2003
For some reason Essex didn't have a computerised timetabling system. This meant that I had to go round the different departments to work out what lectures and classed I needed to...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 22:05
Date: 02/10/2003
After this process I was now officially an Essex student
Registration was the formal process of signing up for Essex University. At registration I received my registration card,...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 22:04
Date: 08/10/2003
Accidentally walked into the wrong lecture and was too scared to walk out
Today I was the first time I missed a lecture, I wasn't exactly in a hurry or lost or anything, I just...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 22:02
Date: 03/10/2003
Met my tutor, he seemed nice, that's about it really
Today I would be assigned a maths personal tutor. This would be someone from the maths department who I could go to if I had...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 22:01
When I arrived at the university I was also given a small pack from the health centre, giving me an appointment time to attend the heath centre, some information about it and a bottle for a urine...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 22:00
Date: 06/10/2003 - 07/10/2003
After two days of lectures I had a better idea of what each course was like.
After a couple of days of lectures I had been to at least one lecture...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:58
Date: 01/10/2003
Down to the local Tesco's to get the essentials
Now I had got settled in at Essex the first thing to do was go shopping. I had already been persuade to get some basic stuff by my...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:57
A day full of maths and economics based events
Today I had to go to lots of events laid on by the separate departments I was studying in. The economics department and the maths department. The first...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:55
Date: 02/01/2003 - 03/10/2003
I was able to log on to the intranet before registration (link), using a fresher account, but this only gave me access to the internet, and not email or anything else....
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:54
Date: 04/10/2003
The freshers fair was around 30 or so different stalls run by the societies and clubs at Essex. This included sports societies like hockey and American football, academic societies...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:53
Date: 06/10/2003
My first taste of what university life was like
Today I had my first lecture, it was a maths lecture (calculus), and was at noon on today. I spent most of the...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:51
Date: 08/01/2004
The reason I had to come back early
Today was the first real exam I had at Essex. I had has a couple of maths tests previously which were conducted in similar conditions, but the...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:51
Date: 14/10/2003
Time to see how well I did in the problem sheets
Classes started in my third week at Essex (with freshers week being week 1). This was because classes were used for going over...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:48
Date: 12/12/2003
My last day at Essex this year
Now that the tests were over there were no lectures or classes on the Friday for me or most of my friends. This meant most people had already gone...
Wed, 08/04/2009 - 21:47
Date: 14/10/2003
Laundry was pretty simple - but cost a lot of 20p's
I had been letting all my dirty washing build up in my room for quite some time now, but I was down to my last pair of socks, so...