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At the time when I was looking for
universities,

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Warwick was the number one and didn't
necessarily try to pigeonhole me into a

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particular area,
but it was one that enabled me to kind of

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flourish and learn and grow and discover
for myself what it was that I wanted to

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do.

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There's so much from the University of
Warwick that I still use every day in my

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working world, basic people skills,
learning to operate in a political

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environment.

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But actually,
I think the thing that I've really taken

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from my degree is some of the critical
thinking skills that I've used.

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It was just so,
so clearly the right decision because it

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gave me the chance to really be free and
explore so many kind of things that it

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helped me to discover my interests.

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I suppose think the opportunity to do a
project and not a written dissertation

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gave me a chance to really create some
kind of social impact.

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Instead of having a more academic journal
way people can interpret.

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Instead I actually worked with
communities and and built a social impact

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that way.

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And through doing that dissertation I
learnt project management skill set,

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which is now kind of fed through into
pretty much everything I do in my career.

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Once you have Warwick in your bio,
people are already interested in you.

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So it's just about how do you use the
skills that you've learnt on the course

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to now carve out some kind of career for
yourself?

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Learn the skills,
gain the network and the rest will be

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history.

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Originally I always thought I was going
to study at a London University and when

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I came to visit the University of Warwick
campus and saw how the space was going to

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help me learn and how the space is going
to help me transition, I was sold.

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I loved the campus and I really couldn't
have imagined my time anywhere else.

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And and now living in London,
seeing students walking around the city,

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I think it's not Warwick,
It's not Warwick for us.

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What what Warwick did was it enabled us
to connect and collaborate and understand

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what that really means to someone
thinking of studying my course.

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I would tell them to really make sure
that they love their subject.

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I think that's the most important thing.

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Don't study something because you think
it will get you a job.

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Study something because you feel that you
really want to live and read that for the

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next three, 4-5 years.

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And I think that's the first thing.

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And then don't second guess yourself.

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You know it's you deserve to be here.

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If you want to be here,
apply and go and have an amazing time.