Studying nursing as a mature student
Final-year mature Adult Nursing student Kerri Jones explains her career journey and why it’s never too late to study at university.
Final-year mature Adult Nursing student Kerri Jones explains her career journey and why it’s never too late to study at university.
Considering university brings about a myriad of thoughts and feelings. Third year Adult Nursing student ,Natalie Beltran gives her perspective on why taking the leap back into study was worth it.
Andy Shackleton has partnered with the School of Nursing to pilot a smarter way of organising large student cohorts in Canvas, using a combination of Groups and Sections to deliver targeted activities and content to different teams. Early feedback from the Nursing Simulated Practice team has been very positive, with the approach credited with helping a current placement run significantly more smoothly. The pilot is part of a wider project to find scalable Canvas solutions for larger cohorts.
2024 Business and Marketing graduate Cam Barr talks about the work experience he gained during his time at LJMU and how it helped him secure a graduate role at Condé Nast.
Kris Roberts graduated with a degree in Media, Culture, Communication in 2020, then completed an MSc in Digital Marketing. He is now the Head of Digital Marketing and Innovation at the MAPD Group following a role as Associate & Digital Marketing Manager at Jackson Lees Group. When studying at LJMU he told us about how he took matters into his own hands to gain writing experience when he found limited opportunities in the PR/marketing sectors.
The value of a university education has been a hot topic for some time. We look at the benefits to doing a degree - why it's a valuable investment in the professional and personal future of students.
Ruby Petrovic graduated in 2024 with a degree in Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Science and works as a Junior Development Scientist for Arxada.
By Catherine McCarthy, BSc (Hons) Animal Behaviour student
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Prehistoric humans and their predecessors may have had a very different diet but their teeth suffered in similar ways to ours, writes anthropology lecturer Dr Ian Towle