Listen "Finishing First Year "
Episode Synopsis
Stay tuned to hear Neve, a first-year Human, Social, and Political Sciences student, discuss how her first year at Cambridge has been. Find Neve's first podcast on her experiences of first term in the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak1rWU6sbjUA list of topic discussions can be found below:00:00 Introductions 02:20 How Neve has been doing since her first term06:50 How Neve plans to change her approach to studying11:10 How long do students stay at Cambridge/Trinity Hall each term? 12:10 Differences between PPE and HSPS studying culture 16:30 Study habits among Cambridge students28:50 Do students do anything outside of studying? 32:30 Intellectual conversations and having fun whilst learning 38:00 What Neve has enjoyed most about her first year42:00 Trinity Hall food46:10 Has Cambridge aligned with Neve’s expectations? 49:00 How do HisPol students approach the politics modules different to the HSPS students? 53:40 What is Sociology and Social Anthropology? 57:10 Social Anthropology and the validity of altruism 59:00 What have the other students been like? 01:05:20 Module choices for 2nd year HSPS01:08:00 Reading and attending lectures outside of your course01:13:00 If you could do first year again — what would you do differently?
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