Managing the College (business law) Workload
No commentsBy Dorian Ramsey
So you’ve arrived at university or college, you’ve been to every freshers ball, you’ve got drunk, you’ve had the first experience of what a student hangover feels like and you’ve got drunk again. You have loads of new friends and have found your way around campus. You’ve even worked out how to cook, everything in life is rosy and then you wake up!
Its Monday, its very early and your head hurts and your brain vaguely remembers that you have to be somewhere on campus but where Then it dawns on you are at university or college and your lectures start in 15 minutes! Run!
This final part of the ultimate university and college freshers guide aims to answer the question “What happens when the work really starts?”
Most universities and colleges will be very welcoming and try to ease you into the process of work gently. You will probably have a week without lectures to begin with, while you enjoy the whole “Freshers” experience but then the work will start.
The structure of most degree courses consists of a programme of lectures, seminars and tutorials.
Lectures are normally large group classes taught by 1 or more lecturers in specially designed lecture halls if you are lucky or large cold classrooms if you are not so lucky. The process will vary according to the university or college, the course and the lecturer but a university or college lecture is generally a time for the student to sit back, listen and take notes. Falling asleep is optional but not to be advised. The main piece of advice is lectures are the one time when somebody will be teaching you, after that you are on your own; so don’t waste your lectures catching up on shuteye! Its also best not to have a hangover but that isn’t always realistic.
A word on note taking. Take notes! It really is as simple as that, forget any ideas about not wanting to look too keen, relying on memory or nicking somebody else’s notes later on. Everybody is keen at first, you wont remember when it comes to revising and nobody will like you if you are always stealing his or her notes! The biggest regret off all students is at the end of each year, when revising frantically, was that they hadn’t taken enough notes in their lectures and it probably cost them a grade!
As a full time student you will probably have a minimum of 8 hours a week in lectures in some courses it can be as much as 30 and in others you may never have more. The remainder of your formal education is taken up by seminars and tutorials.
Seminars are normally large group events with a seminar leader probably one of your lecturers in which you are encouraged to take an active part in debates on what you have learnt in the lecture. Seminars are often immediately after the lecture and give you a chance to ask questions about and respond to the class you have just been in. Be prepared to speak up in seminars. You may feel nervous about expressing yourself in front of a group of other new students but if you don’t speak up then who will. Seminars only work if everybody participates, the seminar leader will encourage this as much as is possible. Also, if you don’t speak up, the seminar may become hijacked by loudmouths who think they know everything and normally don’t these people should be discouraged from taking over a seminar group! Expect to have a minimum of 4 hours a week in seminars.
Tutorials are small group sessions with a lecturer or tutor. They are a great chance to discuss issues that have arisen during the week as well as being a chance of getting to know a group of students and a lecturer very well. Tutorials can be a lot of fun and there can be a great feeling of camaraderie. Some universities and colleges will have a different system with tutorials being one-on-one sessions with a tutor or lecturer. These sessions can be more beneficial to shy students, who may be intimidated by speaking up in groups but I feel that the “group sprit” of a tutorial group is far more beneficial to a student development. Tutorials are also a great time to bring up any personal issues that are bothering you; you can either discuss them in the group or make an appointment to speak to your tutor who will normally be happy to help. Expect a minimum of an hour in tutorials every week.
Research. The rest of your time at university will be spent doing research for projects, course essays, and tutorials and, eventually, the dreaded dissertation! You are expected to spend the majority of your time researching on your own, although you will be given guidance on how to do this. You will have all the resources of the university or college at your disposal including: free Internet, online databases, CD databases, periodicals, newspapers and research projects. You will also have a library and computer rooms these will become your second homes! You will be given guidance about how to make the best use of all the above resources but then it is down to you.
The biggest difference between school and college or university is the need to work on your own. You have to expect to do 2 hours research for every 1 hour of formal lectures minimum! In some courses this ratio may be much higher, while in others such as engineering it may be much less.
Your department will be able to give you much more information once you begin at university or college. They will tell you what is expected of you and how to achieve it. But as a guideline you are expected to be “working” for 35 hours per week on most academic courses. This may seem a lot but it can be spread over all 7 days and, at most universities, facilities will be open 24 hours a day so you can work to suit yourself. If you like working at 2am better than 2pm then you probably can!
Whatever course you are starting this September try to start as you mean to go on. With a measure of common sense, hard work and all the talent that got you to university or college in the first place you will be fine.
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The Wide World of Adult Education
By Dorian Ramsey
Adult education involves the training and development of adult individuals in certain vocations or subjects for a variety of reasons. Adult education is not the same as the traditional education of young individuals due to the methods that are employed in order to capitalize on the accumulated knowledge and life experience of the adult individual. Because of these factors, adults can use what they know to add depth to their educational experience, and have a better understanding of how to apply it to their current life situations. Though often done in the workplace as training and development, or in a classroom setting for continuing education or basic education, it is becoming more and more common to see enrollment in online adult education programs. This method of training is a valid and convenient way for individuals to improve job skills, complete their educations, and stay in touch with new advances in vocational fields.
Often, employed adults enroll in adult education courses in order to reinforce knowledge in a career field, gain new skills for promotion or a new job, or to fulfill requirements set upon them by employers or licensing bodies. Online adult education programs give adults the opportunity to remain employed full time while fulfilling these professional requirements or learning new skills for career opportunities at their own pace and leisure, without having to commute to a classroom. This method of continuing education is especially helpful for those with family commitments in addition to job obligations.
There are other reasons that adult individuals might take advantage of online adult education programs. For example, an individual might find that dropping out of high school and not earning his diploma was not the best decision and has had trouble keeping stable employment. In this case, he is able to enroll in an online General Educational Development (GED) program, which will help him to fulfill the requirements he needs to get his high school equivalency. With a high school diploma, an individual can go on to college and earn a college degree, which will give him many more professional opportunities. Individuals can also learn basic computer operation skills, which will enable them to take on more job responsibilities.
Another type of adult education program available online is that kind which provides instruction in ESL (English as a second language). This is particularly useful for individuals that are new to the United States. They can learn the English language in a relatively short period of time, which will give them the ability to apply for jobs and function and communicate in American society, as well as study for the test to grant American citizenship.
For individuals that work in professions that require certifications or licenses in order to remain employed in that field, online adult education programs are very valuable from a time and convenience standpoint. This form of continuing education is often required by either the law or by an individual’s employer in order to develop and maintain skills that are applicable to the vocation. This type of training also helps individuals remain current on advances or improvements within a field. Such types of certification and training include computer programming, management training, and equipment and procedural training for lab technicians and other medical professions, equipment operators, or engineers. Higher-level professionals such as pharmacists, educators, physicians, and nurses are also often required or encouraged to take part in some type of continuing education. This guarantees that a certain level of competence is maintained and that a professional’s knowledge is always tested in a given field of practice. Having the opportunity to complete this instruction in an online adult education program is very helpful to professionals that have very busy work and family schedules, because they can take advantage of the flexibility of the approach, and do class work in their spare time.
Adult education gives many different types of individuals the opportunity for self-improvement and career advancement. Whether an individual is seeking to earn his high school diploma for more lucrative job opportunities, or for a new resident of the United States looking to learn the English language so that he can gain employment and become a part of the American culture, or for an employed individual who is required to renew a license or gain additional training for his job, adult education is a powerful tool. And taking advantage of the many online adult education programs helps people fulfill their professional requirements while not sacrificing their current way of life.
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