Dear Uni, I'm Lost

Mar 20 2023
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Welcome to your new student-led podcast ‘Dear Uni, I’m Lost’ hosted by Catarina Rasquilho and Janka Czobor! Throughout this podcast you can expect casual conversations with other students and some professionals about navigating university, stepping out into the adult world, and pursuing a career. Our aim is to demystify different professional fields and to help people with or without degrees make more informed decisions about sectors they would like to explore or even pursue.

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#11 Tea Time Catch Up: Celebration Time and Reflection (Part Two)

Mar 20 2023 79 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Join us for a celebratory two-part tea-time episode! In this second part, we get quite personal with some unseen questions we've both prepared for the other host and play what we now call "Silly Cockroach" where we try to guess ridiculous sayings in each others' mother tongues. In the first part, we took time to gossip about our lives, chat about the first 9

#10 Tea Time Catch Up: Celebration Time and Reflection (Part One)

Mar 06 2023 62 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Join us for a celebratory two-part tea-time episode! In this first part, we take time to gossip about our lives, chat about the first 9 episodes and take a Buzzfeed quiz to finally see what we should actually be studying. In the second part, we'll get quite personal with some unseen questions we've both prepared for the other host and then play what we now ca

#9 Opportunities at Uni: iGEM - Synthetic Bio Competition Or A Key To Your Future? (feat. Nikki Allen & Alex Ephstein)

Feb 20 2023 75 mins  
Send us a Text Message.This week we chat with Nikki and Alex about what iGEM is, who it's for, and how incredibly useful it can be for students of all backgrounds. Come and have a listen to the first ever games on our podcast: Two Truths and A Lie & Guess That Ridiculous Animal Grouping Name!The inspiring Nikki Allen and Alex Ephstein, along with Zeta Lounnaou, are two project

#8 Medical Illustration - Merging Art & Science? (feat. McKenzie Young)

Feb 06 2023 51 mins  
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, we explore what the life of the commonly misunderstood medical illustrator looks like, with no other than the amazing student & TikToker McKenzie Young. She helps us unveil the secrets of what exactly medical illustration is, how you can get into such a course, as well as the shocking range of careers you can pursue after finishing this d

#7 Becoming a Writer & Self-Published Author (feat. Emma Noyes)

Jan 09 2023 52 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Come check out the amazing advice Emma Noyes, the author of The Sunken City trilogy has to share with us! This lovely author and Tiktoker not only sheds a light on what you need to know to become a self-published writer but also shares with us her experience in the publishing industry, such as finding agents and how one can publish abroad. Emma also tells us

#6 Running Your Own Business in the Fashion Industry (feat. Natalia Trevino Amaro)

Dec 19 2022 55 mins  
Send us a Text Message.23-year-old fashion designer and content creator Natalia Trevino Amaro shares her fascinating story of what it was like creating her own slow fashion brand starting in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. She touches on tips for starting your own business, advertising yourself on social media, networking, and being in the right place for running a startup by

#5 Should You Do a PhD? & How To in the Netherlands (feat. Nathalie Reilly)

Dec 05 2022 61 mins  
Send us a Text Message.5th year PhD student and contagiously energetic influencer Nathalie Reilly shares her experience doing a PhD in the Netherlands. She provides fantastic insight into who should do a PhD and gives advice on applications as well as choosing the right project for yourself. If you've ever wondered whether the PhD life is for you, this episode is guaranteed to help

#4 Never Too Late! CV Building & Going From STEM To Finance (feat. Chisomo Banda)

Nov 21 2022 60 mins  
Send us a Text Message.We talk to our fellow Neuroscience student Chisomo Banda about how you can completely switch directions after your STEM degree and even go into finance! He has first-hand experience applying to finance internships and gives us fantastic advice on how to promote yourself in order to land jobs in any field. Put faith in your abilities - you have way more desira

#3 Solo Travelling & Working Without a Degree (feat. Ella Jae)

Nov 07 2022 63 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Come and get first-hand advice from the hilarious solo traveler and TikToker Ella Jae! We delve into the ins and outs of leaving uni and traveling on your own, financed by nobody but yourself. We explore some of the the virtual and non-virtual nomad work you could do even without a university degree. If traveling and working abroad sounds like the life for yo

#2 Dissecting UK Med School (feat. Izzy Zsolnai & Yana Kozymir)

Oct 24 2022 68 mins  
Send us a Text Message.In this episode we interview two UK medical students, who give us their insights and opinions on what it is like to do this degree and pursue this profession in the NHS. If you're a current medical applicant or considering applying to a medical degree, and would like to find out about ins and outs of doing medicine in the UK this is the episode for you. From