Undergraduate Student Story: Sociology
Philippa gives us an insider’s-guide to the sociology degree course at Nottingham… Name: Philippa Rowney Course: Sociology Institution: University of Nottingham ’I chose Nottingham because it was high up in the league tables, and it was also the most open campus I could find. I took English, Spanish and economics at A-level and although I enjoyed them, I didn’t want to continue any of them. One of the reasons I like my degree is because of how broad it is – I’ve been able to study social history and politics...

Tips and Traps for the First year
We at Hotcourses have our fair share of university experiences between us, so here are some things we wish we’d read before we started the first year of University First year work ethic Being a student requires more careful time management than at school – as well as having lectures scattered all over your timetable, you will be expected to spend a lot of study hours reading and doing assignments, and you will have to organise all this yourself. Whilst this can seem like an annoying distraction from the important first year business of making friends and generally having a good time, it’ll...