Inspirational Teachers

The University has given students the opportunity to appreciate those people who have enabled them to have a positive experience. I choose to nominate several teachers who have inspired me and helped me to become a better student. Having good teachers is an important part of university life. I nominated my research methods teachers and Faye Powell (Social process and lifespan development) as my most inspirational teacher.

These teachers have been able to present information in a manner that I can understand. Psychology is a very complex subject and covers wide areas such as biological, cognitive and social and developmental psychology. Most of these subject areas were very new to me and it took me a while to develop the deeper understanding that I needed.  My teachers were able to help me put together the different pieces of the jigsaw. Their passion and in-depth knowledge of the subject, was transferred to me. These teachers are open and friendly, I feel that I can ask them lots of questions to aid my understanding. I want their teaching to be recognised and rewarded and this was my chance to say thank you for the support that they have given to me.

Being a good teacher is not the only thing that helps students, having units that are well organised, with information that is accessible is an important factor. It was for this reason amongst others that I nominated the research methods teaching team. Research methods was the unit I feared the most. It is however in my view the most important unit in psychology. It has enabled me to understand how to conduct research and read previous studies in order to complete my assignments.

I really hope they win, but if they don’t they will always have my respect and admiration and I think that University of Bedfordshire are lucky to have such great teachers in their psychology department.

Money Makes theWorld Go Around

As we now approaching the end of another semester, the student loan seems to be all spent. Money management has become a major thing in my life this week. Deciding to leave work and become a full time student meant that I had to make major adjustments to my spending, however I never imagined that it would be this bad. In year one I received a national scholarship which helped to cushion the transition. In year 2 no extra financial support was available. I have made an application to the access fund which helps student in financial hardship but it takes time.

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Major unexpected changes has happened which means that my income stream has but cut off and has left with little money. I am sure this situation is not new to students and thinking and planning very carefully around money is a must for all of us. I still have a house to run and bills to pay just like I did when I was working. It’s hard when I have to make decisions about attending university because of rail fares. Early lectures means that I have to pay peak travel prices, this is made a bit easier because I have the advantage of a student rail card, which I would recommend to all students.

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Despite this current situation I am still glad that I made the decision to study, if I have missed lectures I can catch up by looking  at the slides on Breo our intranet, it’s not the same but it’s useful. Its times like this that really puts being a student to the test, but I am staying positive and hopefully next instalment of student loan is just a few weeks away and I am learning to love beans on toast. 

Top Tips For money managemet

1. Budget don't spent all you loan in one month
2. look for reduced food in the supermarkets
3. go to student finance for help and advise