“Get involved in everything that attracts your interest as there is so much out there.”
Harry Buxton
Course: BA Viking Studies (third year)
“Nottingham is one of the key research centres in Viking studies and is therefore one of the best places to study. The teaching is fantastic and is complemented by excellent facilities – for example, the library has a good range of texts and they’re happy to order in more copies of a book if it’s in high demand.
One of my favourite modules was Outlaws, Ghosts and Heroes. It was taught in a seminar format and this made for fascinating discussions and a chance to express my own views on the text. Beginnings of English, which looks at old English poetry, was another highlight – as a child I enjoyed stories about heroic dragons and this module looks at them on a more advanced level.
In my second year, I spent a semester in Norway. The
School of English Studies has a specific agreement with
the University of Oslo so I got a chance to study the same
topics but from an entirely different cultural background.
It was great for personal development, too.I am now firmly set on a career in the Civil Service when
I graduate. However, my degree is helping me to develop
critical time-management and analytical skills which could
apply to jobs and careers in almost any field. Many
modules involve presentations and as a result I have
become confident about presenting my findings and
papers to an audience, both of peers and tutors.
Outside of my course, I have tried Latin dancing and am teaching navigation to the Duke of Edinburgh Society. I’m also a member of the University’s Judo Club and the East Midlands University Officers Training Corps.”