Uganda. We're doing a group presentation to one of the universitys out there and a 2000 word essay when we get back but we have to do our own research and everything. But it's only 2000 words!
Yeah the other option was Belfast so I thought might as well go Uganda and have an amazing time. You can go Belfast anytime you want!
I've got a meeting tomorrow with my diss tutor so hopefully he'll help me. I'm thinking something along the lines of geography of crime or cyberspace. What about you?
Haha, Hazel we have to pay for these things! It's not good.
Oooh, one of my friends is doing a geography of a murder, sounds good. I was thinking about something to do with cyberspace, but couldn't really narrow it down enough. So I'm doing mine on the social geographies of international students at Glasgow Uni with special reference to them as an outsider group. Got the supervisor I wanted so it's good. Just need to get some free time to make a start on it!
That sounds cool. The dean of my uni has done loads of research on cyberspace and he did a lecture on it the other week was so interesting. But most of his research is about prostitutes! I'm still not decided but something in the social geography sector.
Luckily we don't pay the full amount, the department stumps up a fair chunk of it. But I'd rather not go on fieldtrips, I'm much more of a library and books kinda girl.
Cyberspace is quite a new field but there is loads of literature on it. Mine has very little literature, so I'll be doing something new, but it makes it a little harder. One of my lecturers has studied prostitutes, I think it's quite a popular field of study.
I need to get back to reading but I can't be bothered!
Yeah I'm going to see what the tutor says and see what books are in the library. It's annoying having to think about it now when in September it could change completely.
I'm meant to do my research over the summer, but I won't be able to (all the students will be at home) so will need to do questionnaires and interviews and stuff before we finish for summer. It's so stressful! Need to go talk to my supervisor and see if some of my forms can get fast-tracked.
I really hope i get a study trip next year, we didnt get one this year which is really annoying as it is such a good way for us to get to know the other years. i am hoping we will go to prague in november *fingers crossed*
aye, all 4 years are able to go on the study trip, my course is fairly small aswel ( 25 or so a year which is split into 3 groups). Its normally 4 days away in a place that has interests for all groups. The one i went on was amazing, went to venice which was amazing to see their glass techniques.
Aaah, that would be cool! Especially Venice, always fancied going there. Here all the years never really meet each other, even in honours classes. The third and fourth years only mix if we are forced to.