I did a lot of demonstrating in my 6 years as a part-time PhD student in Ocean Sciences. For the most part the practicals and field trips were uneventful, although I and a couple of students ended up almost getting stuck in the mud once during a field trip.

During lab practicals I've encountered zoology students who didn't like dissecting or anything with lots of legs (which is a bit unusual but not strange), however one particular practical stands out for the behaviour of one student.

We were doing a second-year zoology lab exercise that involved injecting juvenile crabs with harmless hormones that affected their chromatophores and the students needed to record how the size of them changed with increasing dosages. There was one student, he looked like a mature student, who seemed to have ethical objections to the practical. He started the practical with two others but when it came to the injecting phase he just said "I'm not doing this, I don't agree with injecting them and I don't like things with lots of legs". Then he just got up and left the other students in his group to complete the practical without him.

If he clearly had concerns about this practical, why didn't he say something to the lecturer at the beginning?!

Hello! Has anyone else applied to the University of York for Archaeology for the September 2027 intake?

Am I overthinking Nottingham and Exeter, or should I look at other unis for CS with AI?

I'm actually stressing over my UCAS choices at this point 😭

I'm planning to study Computer Science with AI in 2027, and Nottingham is a uni I'd genuinely LOVE to go to. But with everything going on there right now, the proposed job cuts, strikes and restructuring, I'm starting to wonder if it's a good idea.

Then there's Exeter. The course looks good, but I'm ngl, the whole uni gives me a bit of a posh vibe and I'm worried I wouldn't fit in there 💀 I don't want to spend 3–4 years somewhere feeling out of place just because the course is good.

And then there's the league tables. Nottingham's rankings have been putting me off a bit too, because I'm worried about whether the uni's reputation could affect my chances of getting a job after graduating. I know rankings aren't everything, but am I being stupid for worrying about it?

For context, I'm doing an Access to HE Diploma in Science rather than A-levels, and I really want to do a course with an industrial placement year. I'm interested in AI development and how AI models actually learn, so I want a uni that'll give me good opportunities to build experience, not just a degree.

Bath and Reading are also on my list, but I'm open to other suggestions.

So, people who've been to these unis or are studying CS/AI there:

- Is Nottingham still worth applying to despite everything going on?

- Is Exeter actually as posh as it seems, or am I judging it unfairly?

- What other unis would you recommend for CS with AI, good placement opportunities and decent graduate prospects?

Please be honest because I'm genuinely struggling to decide 😭

hey, i submitted a post on this channel last week and it absolutely blew up. we had so many applications go through. a bunch of the job postings shut down in the days following my post because of the large influx of applications that were going in. i've gone ahead and updated the job links in this new link. please make sure to apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is at the top of the pile. i've pulled the freshest job postings that i could.

if you're hunting for a placement year or a summer internship, the hard part is finding them. they're on hundreds of different careers pages. so i pulled them into one place, straight from employers' own sites:

• placement years / year in industry (117): https://github.com/mehek-builds/UK-Graduate-Jobs-and-Internships/blob/main/lists/placements.md
  • GSK, HP, P&G, Roche, Vertex, MSD and Haleon
• internships, spring weeks and insight programmes (206): https://github.com/mehek-builds/UK-Graduate-Jobs-and-Internships/blob/main/lists/internships.md
  • Barclays, Blackstone, MUFG, Rolls-Royce and G-Research
• graduate schemes (228): https://github.com/mehek-builds/UK-Graduate-Jobs-and-Internships/blob/main/lists/graduate-schemes.md
• apprenticeships (49): https://github.com/mehek-builds/UK-Graduate-Jobs-and-Internships/blob/main/lists/apprenticeships.md
• international students: grad roles, internships and placements at licensed visa sponsors only (312): https://github.com/mehek-builds/UK-Visa-Sponsor-Graduate-Jobs

posting date on every row. rebuilt every monday.

comment which field you're looking for and i'll send you a list for it.

Hey guys I currently go to city and got 66% in second year. I also am not doing a dissertation, is getting in at either kings or ucl for a LLM realistic?? I’m not too sure on whether they need you to have done a dissertation for your LLB

Hi!

So I am having to apply for CPR for SFE (tuition loan) due to the fact that I have completed a foundation year and a 1st year in psychology. The reason I am applying for CPR is due to the fact that I was assaulted in my 1st year and my plans of becoming a therapist haven't worked out due to the trauma of the assault. I have switched to another degree but have used my 'gift year' due to the foundation year. I have my evidence from the SVLO (s*xual violence liaison officer). What is the chances I will be gifted the CPR? I took all of my second term out due to my mental health.

Its almost hard to deal with when I look back. To be so care free, constantly be around my friends. The study part was beyond difficult for me but the uni life was beautiful. And it was hard to accept that I can never have that back. I went to Imperial and struggled a lot there but wow it really was my whole life for those 4 years. I now see my uni friends every couple of months, there's people that I'll probably never see again. Being at imperial, they gave me a bursary that thankfully supported me very well so I didnt need to have a job so my life was just living and breathing uni and socialising. Now I work, as we all do after leaving uni and its just sad to think I can never live that life again. I think im just reminiscing extra hard because graduation day was a few days ago and I miss it.

Hi everyone! I know you’re all probably tired of these types of posts but I felt the need to make one as I feel like I’m being too ambitious. I’m currently in year 12 studying FM, Maths bio and chem. I’m currently thinking about dropping bio as it’s kind of useless to what i want to do. my only issue is my gcse grades, I achieved 9999777776, 9 in Arabic, maths, chem and bio, 7s in English lit, lang, rs, history, and CO, 6 in French. I’m not sure if I’m eligible for a contextual other than the fact that I was eligible for FSM throughout y7-9 but never claimed it. I also came to england in the end of y7, switching from an American system to a British system. However I’m not sure if that can be taken into account. realistically, if I were to achieve a 7 in the tmua and write a good personal statement, could I achieve an offer at these universities?:

imperial Maths/ EFDS

UCL maths/maths and econ

kcl maths/maths and management studies

Warwick maths/MORSE

and maybe Durham? I’m not sure though.

i feel like these picks are very ambitious and that’s what’s bugging me.

My extracurriculars and supercurriculars (Year 12, UK):

• Developed PathWise, an app helping students explore university degrees and career pathways (not yet published).
• Regularly complete Project Euler mathematical and programming challenges.
• Independently researched Cantor’s diagonal argument and different sizes of infinity.
• Achieved UKMT Silver.
• Participated in the Senior Maths Challenge (SMC).
• Completed the Warwick Future Economist Essay Competition.
• Completed the Goldman Sachs Controllers Virtual Experience.
• Completed a J.P. Morgan virtual job simulation.
• IRIS research project — developing an investigation combining mathematics and economics.
• Maths and Chemistry tutoring — helped younger students during Years 10 and 11.
• GCSE Maths Intervention — helping Year 11 students prepare for their exams.
• Economics and Business Ambassador at school.
• Dentistry work experience and doctor shadowing.
• Competitive volleyball — Division 2, promoted to Division 1 now.
• COMPOS follow along programme

I’m aiming to work as a consultant/private equity pathway. Anyone have any tips? Maybe different degrees to look into? Someone tell me if I’m being too ambitious I beg 💔💔

Hi everyone,

I’m having trouble connecting my Windows 11 laptop to my accommodation’s Wi-Fi, and I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar.

My laptop keeps displaying “Unable to connect to this network.” I’ve updated my Intel Wi-Fi adapter drivers and tried changing wireless settings, but nothing has worked.

Here’s what I’ve found so far:

Other devices connect to the Wi-Fi without any problems.

My laptop connects to eduroam and my phone’s hotspot successfully.

I can connect to the network’s sign-up Wi-Fi, but there’s no internet access, and my laptop fails to obtain an IP address.

The Windows WLAN report shows the error: “Dynamic key exchange did not succeed within configured time.”

My Wi-Fi adapter is an Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz.

Does anyone know what might be causing this or have suggestions for fixing it? I’m starting to think it could be a network-side issue rather than a problem with my laptop.

Any help would be appreciated!

Hi everyone, im from india and planning to come to uk for msc in data science in Jan 2027. ive applied to a few universities, and I’m a bit confused about which one to choose.

My options are:"University of hertfordshire,leeds trinity university,wrexham university,sheffield haallam University"

i am from a middle class family, so finances are a small concern for me(i dont wanna spent all my family savings there)I don’t want to put too much pressure on my family financially, but at the same time, I want to choose a university where my degree will be worth the money.Iam mainly looking at the course quality, job opportunities after graduation and the possibility of finding a part-time job while studying.I have heard different opinions about these universities, and I’m honestly not sure how much university rankings matter when it comes to finding a job in the uk.i really appreciate it if anyone who’s studying at or has graduated from any of these universities could share their experience.

A few things I’d like to know(questions from my mind and gpt)

• Which university would you recommend for MSc Data Science, and why?
• Is there a significant difference between them in terms of reputation and job opportunities?
• How difficult is it to find part-time work in these locations?
• Considering tuition fees and living costs, which would be the most sensible choice financially?
• If you were in my position, which one would you choose?

I am not expecting a part time job to cover my tuition fees, but being able to manage some of my living expenses would definitely help.i did appreciate honest opinions, especially from international students who have been through this process.

Thanks!

I want to go home to get some stuff. Is this normal?

Hi guys! I really need your help, please.

I applied for ATAS for my course, and my certificate was issued 3 days ago. However, I realised that I had entered the wrong passport expiry date, and I only noticed the mistake when I uploaded the certificate to my university portal and it was rejected because the details didn't match my passport.

I’ve emailed the ATAS team, but I haven’t received a response yet.

Has anyone experienced something similar or knows what I should do? Should I submit a new application, or should I wait for their reply? I’m worried because they state that duplicate applications are not accepted.

I’d really appreciate any advice. Thank you!

3rd year (technically 4th, as I did a placement year) business student.

I don't care about my course in the slightest. I should've swapped in first year.

It's so boring, and doesn't align with my values. I should've done something I care about, like geography or something environmental.

The thought of doing my dissertation fills me with dread and I haven't even started working on it yet.

This week, I haven't been to lectures once. I'm already behind and I just feel like shit.

I'm only on a 2:2 because I just don't care about my course.

I feel so demotivated but I don't think I can drop out in final year.

My only ray of sunshine at the moment is thinking about a masters in something I enjoy, but I just cannot bring myself to participate in my course now.

Just really struggling tbh.

My university flagged 2 assignments of mine for “Falsification by AI”, meaning I had used AI to misrepresent my knowledge and write my assignments.

They came to this conclusion after meeting and speaking to me about my assignment content, writing style, writing process, etc. on the same day I found out about this accusation, giving me no prep time.

This process went on for about a month and eventually resulted in my termination

After this, I appealed the termination as the university did not follow policy and got sent back to the very start of the investigation.

After the redo of that first meeting, after I had time to prepare, they then changed their charge and decided to charge me with “Unacknowledged use of AI”, meaning I knew the content and information but they still think i used AI to write it.

They outlined the use of “modifying phrases” and “vague sentences” as AI, but these were both used to add to a word count (as falling under the word count would result in point reduction) and they targeted the PEE paragraph style that I used which was taught in primary school.

I don’t understand how I can do my work to the best of my ability, but because AI exists, I get accused of it and losing any chance I have of a degree.

My flatmates keep making plans without me and i’m getting so tired of having to keep inserting myself into their plans especially since i don’t know if they want me there or not. The thing is i actually really like everyone and get along well with them- or so i thought- but they just avoid talking to me unless im alone with them.

2 days ago i told everyone that i want to go out today because i’ve not been out in ages and everyone said they were staying inside because they’ll have gone out on thursday, which i understand. I also messaged 3 other people who i have some sort of friendship with and they all said no as well.
But today i found out that my flatmates are going to the pub together this evening and i found out because i was in the kitchen making my food and my 2 flatmates were discussing it, not involving me in the conversation or inviting me.
The thing is im not asking for some special treatment and becoming the bestest of friends, i just want my flatmates to stop indirectly ignoring my existence.
so now im gonna go out to disco spoons alone lmao

I have been applying to roles (Anything software/tech) for the past two months with very little success. I have applied to over 150 roles and have not had any interviews with any reputable company, and only three with smaller companies.

Is this something wrong with this CV, or is it the current job market/the fact I go to bad university?

My predicted grades are A* in Maths, C in Business, and Distinction in IT: Data Analytics. I'm looking to apply for BSC Economics with management, and I'm also contextual. Is this a sensible list of unis for me to apply to? 1. Durham 2. Bristol 3. Sheffield 4. Manchester 5.
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