COLLEGE CALENDAR
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Kate Oleszko is a 21-
year-old fourth year
degree student on an
Agriculture with Animal
Science course at Harper
Adams in Shropshire
ITS all over! I have finally finished my four years at Harper.
Results day really tested my nerves for one last time. I have never known a day drag so much, with minutes feeling like hours as we packed up our stuff ready to move out. Boxes everywhere! I never realised I had so much stuff until I tried to pack in all into my poor little car.
Not even the McDonalds Id had for lunch settled my stomach as 4.30pm drew near. It was a really weird feeling as there was absolutely nothing I could do about the outcome anymore. My four years of hard work all in one – one mark up on the board. And yes, it was worth every bit of pain as I frantically searched for my name and result. A 2:1 honours degree!
Celebration was definitely called for but, as promised, I phoned home to tell them the good news. Drinks and a BBQ was provided for us all as we sat outside the bar chatting away to lecturers and friends about our achievements and futures. A big well done to everyone.
Celebrations led us back to Newport to Ozzies for our last drink together for the summer – until graduation, the Freshers Ball and all those other reasons weve got to come back. Roll on the start of next term!
Packing up and leaving our house in Newport seemed quite sad, but I will never forget these last four years, and lets hope that the next four are even better.
As for now, job hunting has taken priority. Friday being the most important day of the week as the careers bulletin comes out from college, along with the farming press with their job sections.
Searching for jobs is not an easy task, especially as there are very few out there in agriculture at the moment, and especially in the line of work I fancy… journalism, dairy advisory, nutrition, genetics, breeding, appeals but there seem very few vacancies in any of these fields.
The right job will hopefully come up for us all sooner or later, but until then happy job hunting!