In the latest instalment of our Scholarship series, where the best athletic talents within the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester are showcased, we caught up with Biochemistry student and water polo player James Warman… I started playing water polo at the age of 13. When I was 17, I … More Balancing water polo and biochemistry as a scholarship student
Studying nursing means it’s vital that you make the most of every single day on placement. Adelyn Gumbo, a student nurse at The University of Manchester, discusses what she has learnt on placements from band 6-8 nurses. During my second year of university, I found that a lot of my time was spent with nurses … More Spending time with band 6-8 nurses
It’s been 17 years since Els Walravens enrolled on to the Audiology master’s at the University of Manchester. Coming from Belgium, her main concern ahead of starting the course was the English language, something that she has mastered over the years with her career taking her from Oxford Road to the capital of Australia. Read … More How an MSc in Audiology has helped to shape my career
The majority of medical students at the University of Manchester will have studied at least one science-based subject at A-Level and in most cases all three. So how did Eilis MacLoughlin go from completing no A-Levels in a scientific field to graduating from medicine and becoming a fully-fledged General Practitioner (GP)? Find out how she … More The atypical route to becoming a GP
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