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My name is Chloe,

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and I graduated in 2021,
and I studied education studies.

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I'm working with a company called Up Tree.

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so we are a professional network
to help young people, typically age

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16 to 19, learn about careers, learn
about work experience, get work experience

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with some of the leading companies in law,
STEM, business, finance.

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Lots of different areas, and kind of
support them in lots of different ways.

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So, I loved the course.

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I think it was an amazing way
to learn about the education system

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and kind of the factors that impact
a young person's development learning

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about psychology,
politics, international studies,

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and kind of how children are able
to learn and support

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that they need to really thrive
as individuals.

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In second year,

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we got to take part in a work experience
project, and I wanted to push myself

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out of my comfort zone. I didn't want
to get experience with a school.

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Anything that I've already done before.

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I wanted to try something completely new
and I just wanted to see

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the policy side of education
and really see who makes the policies,

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why they’re made,
kind of the factors that come into that.

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So that in itself
just increased my confidence in applying

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roles and applying to experiences
that are, again, out of my comfort zone.

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My lectures are really positive and really
supportive throughout my degree.

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They were amazing, inspirational people,
and they really pushed me to

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to try different opportunities,
whether that was trying

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societies,
trying more academic, specific things.

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So I took part in ICUR,
which is, an International Conference

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of Undergraduate Research

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where I was able to present
some of the research that I did

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as part of my course,
and then I was also encouraged

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by my lecturers to submit my research
for a undergraduate research journal.

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And it was another way for me
to develop my self-evaluation skills,

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and also really reflect on the work
that I'm doing,

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and again, just to grow as an individual.

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Throughout my degree,
I think I was able to develop

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lots of different employability skills.

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I think a big one, again, was confidence.

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And whether that's in terms of being able

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to communicate effectively,
and believing myself and kind of arguing

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my ideas, and also supporting others
and really listening to them,

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I think my course was great
as I was able to part of our staff

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student liaison committee,
and I was able to support my peers

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and really get a chance
to talk about my experience and support

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the lecturers in making the course
as relevant to our interests,

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and also ensuring that we were able

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to develop the skills
and the knowledge that we felt we needed.

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The research project that I did
in second year, and also my dissertation

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in third year were an amazing opportunity
for me to develop my research skills.

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So whether that was attention

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to detail, again,
being able to kind of self evaluate,

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and pick out the most important parts of

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journals as well as what people
were saying in their quotes,

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it was a really valuable

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skill that I was able to develop
and then bring into my internship.

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I did, with Corum, and
as part of an impact and evaluation team

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and being able to really focus
on the attention to detail

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and really communicate effectively
in written form was also something that

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I definitely gained a lot of confidence
in as part of my degree.

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I was part of Warwick
Glee, in second and third year,

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and it was amazing way
to kind of find people

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that were like me
that had similar interests

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and just pushed myself to, again,
gain a little bit of confidence.

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sing a little bit if I could
and also just support other people.

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It was a really lovely, supportive group,

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and I made some really amazing friends
at a time where I was struggling

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kind of with being independent
at uni and dealing with stresses

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and that come along with that,

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and it was just lovely to meet people
who want the best for you.

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So I really enjoyed Warwick Glee.

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My advice to anyone

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that is considering doing education
studies is definitely look at the modules,

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see if they are
something that looks interesting,

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something that you think
you'd want to wake up at 9 a.m.

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and learn about.

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I think for me, I definitely did look
at the modules at different universities,

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and I think Warwick had some of the most
diverse and the most exciting modules.

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And also definitely
if you can talk to the lecturers, see

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if they're people that you find inspiring,

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see if they're people that you feel
comfortable approaching.

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I personally found them
really approachable

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and that was something that made me feel

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like I'd be comfortable at Warwick
and in my degree itself.

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So it definitely is
something that I'd recommend doing.