Went to Lancaster University today to attend one of their many post-graduate open days.\u00a0 It has seemed to me other universities only have the one day per year, or bundle post-graduates in the the undergraduates, but Lancaster University have made more of an effort.<\/p>\n
I attended by bus from Lancaster town centre.\u00a0 Although it is just outside the city centre, it is easy to get to by bus if you live in Lancaster.\u00a0 There is an underpass road with the bus stops down there.\u00a0 This means the buses drop you off right in the centre of the university campus, but there is no traffic on the campus.\u00a0 It is very cleverly done.\u00a0 You just go down a staircase and voil\u00e0! there’s a road and bus stops down there.<\/p>\n
It was better run and better organised the the others I have been to.\u00a0 It started at 1 pm and, being a Thursday, the weekly market stalls were up.\u00a0 The centre of the university is like a tiny town centre with a WH Smiths, Greggs, cash machines, Costa and a bunch of other shops.\u00a0 It feels like a new town’s town centre, especially with these farmer’s market type market stalls which are there every week during term times.<\/p>\n
Personally escorted round the library taking in the very collections I personally needed.<\/p>\n
Big chat with a departmental manager about the options.<\/p>\n
Discovered that if only 1 person chooses a module, it gets run, unlike elsewhere.<\/p>\n
I can do a custom degree (within reason).<\/p>\n
One can attend all the department’s lectures; this means if one changes one’s mind about which 5 modules to do, it is less of a problem.\u00a0 Just start out by doing all the ones you want and not doing the 5,000 word essays in the ones you want to drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Went to Lancaster University today to attend one of their many post-graduate open days.\u00a0 It has seemed to me other universities only have the one day per year, or bundle post-graduates in the the undergraduates, but Lancaster University have made … Continue reading