{"id":914,"date":"2016-10-01T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/?p=914"},"modified":"2017-03-24T14:35:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T14:35:03","slug":"dear-fresher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/dear-fresher\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Fresher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>An open letter from me to you, from someone who was in your shoes this time last year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dear Fresher,<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll probably be reading this nervous, excited and a little overwhelmed with the sheer quantity of opportunities and services that the University has to offer you.\u00a0 Don\u2019t panic \u2013 it\u2019s totally normal to feel a little stunned, I was in the same boat last year!<\/p>\n<p>But fear not &#8211; I am here to guide you through the choppy waters through the vessel of Partners in Learning! Hopefully you\u2019ll reach dry land with a new sense of empowerment and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Partners in Learning is an initiative where working in partnership with staff is at the heart of what we do, inspiring students to generate amazing ideas that can truly make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all about building a community where we can celebrate and share our achievements; hopefully building friendships along the way. Through my involvement on a project this past year, I\u2019ve made some great friends who I perhaps would have never met otherwise, but will undoubtedly remain in contact with long after the project has ended; including a student from Broadstairs, an international student and a mature student.<\/p>\n<p>Through Partners in Learning you can suggest your very own project, you can be part of something already existing or you can purely offer your student expertise on opinion panels and focus groups with staff. You may even go on to lead projects within your school or faculty.\u00a0 Your level of involvement is totally down to you\u2026whether you\u2019ve got a couple of hours spare a week, or 30 mins free scattered through the year, we\u2019ll try our best to find something that suits you.<\/p>\n<p>When I decided to do my degree, one of the main thoughts going through my head was \u201cWill this make me any more attractive to employers?\u201d \u2013 which I think is a fairly common worry amongst students before and during University!! But if I could give you one tip, from my experience, it would be to get involved with something outside of your programme of study (Partners in Learning perhaps *cough*) \u2013it is often said that employers love to see that little something extra. It demonstrates that you are proactive and able to juggle different commitments. Involvement with Partners in Learning in particular would demonstrate an ability to achieve a set objective, to work in a team and a drive to develop yourself and what\u2019s around you. Basically, it will make your CV look really fancy.<\/p>\n<p>That is all for now. Now you\u2019ve dipped your feet into Partners in Learning, feel free to nosedive straight in and contact us at partnersinlearning@canterbury.ac.uk , to express an interest. Or perhaps you\u2019d like to paddle around a little more by exploring the rest of our blogs<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All the best, hopefully see you in Sept,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Georgia (Horsley)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An open letter from me to you, from someone who was in your shoes this time last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75942,"featured_media":925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[53,49,106,14],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partners-in-learning","tag-canterbury-christ-church","tag-cccu","tag-fresher","tag-student"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Georgia Horsley","featuredImage":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2016\/09\/fresher-postcard.png","postExcerpt":"An open letter from me to you, from someone who was in your shoes this time last year.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75942"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/partnersinlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}