Kevin Yu reflects on what he would advise his first and second year self to do Having come back from a 10-hour library session for the sixth day in a row, I finally get time to start writing a letter to my younger self. Third year has been a year of ‘firsts’ for me. From […]
internships
What we should all be asking: To intern or not to intern?
Hontestly, the main reason I’m at Exeter isn’t because my career plans relate directly to my degree; I’ve no burning desire to become the next Plato, or enter into politics. If I didn’t participate in societies and intern, I’m pretty sure there’s no way I’d get a job after university – and to be honest, […]
“And after that, could you get me a coffee…?”
It’s the calm before the storm; the time of year when we are just teetering on the brink of the annual scramble for summer work placements. Unpaid internships are increasingly sought after by young people as a way of penetrating the career they want to pursue. We all caught the work experience bug in year […]
Whooping Gough: on abandoning all sense of self, foot shaming and mounting Florence
It’s exciting isn’t it; being something you’re not. Enough of this “love the skin you’re in”, “you’re worth it”, “mm Danone” crap. It’s time to bend your entire perception of self to a conceptual stereotype, depending on your location. I just did so and would highly recommend. Coming from the sleepy “northern” (to most of […]