How I did it: I worked hard and studied hard. I had to work 22 hours a week to support myself. As I was studying a Bachelor of Nursing, you only have 10 weeks holiday per year compared to the average British student. When on clinical placement I would have to work 37.5 hours Mon-Fri and 22 hours Sat-Sun.

I missed barely any lectures and tutorials. Most of the time I was exhausted but time when quickly, so it didn't feel so prolonged.

Lessons & tips: Study hard - because I worked so much whilst completing my degree, there wasn't as much study tme as I would have liked.

Be organised - I'm a super organised person, I had everything I needed for my dissertation set out into chapters ready and I added references to my reference list as I put them into my work so I wouldn't miss any out.

Resources: The library. Neil's toolbox is useful for helping you to reference different media.

The University account I had allowed me to log into a lot of different journals. I hardly use textbooks as I prefer journals.

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Mar 29, 2010, 03:03AM PDT | 0 comments | 4 cheers