I finished university!

After submitting my master's thesis titled "The magic of translation and the decolonial vision in R.F. Kuang's Babel", my time as a university student is officially over. 

Wow, what a surreal feeling. I have been at university for four years and now it's over. 

I'm sat writing this having moved back home now to the Midlands, having experienced a mixture of melancholy, excitement, and relief that this stage of my life has come to a close. 

University has taught me so much. As an undergraduate, I developed fantastic writing, researching, sourcing, editing, and argumentation skills. This development occurred naturally - I only got better with each year. I also learnt a lot about myself and other people during my time as an undergrad. All these foundations I took to make the most of my 12 months in Glasgow. 

I love learning and an academic setting has so much to offer beyond the curriculum itself. During my time as Glasgow Uni, I channelled my passions and energy in researching areas of fantasy literature that were interesting to me. This culminated in my interdisciplinary theoretical and historical study of R.F. Kuang's Babel. And what a fantastic and clever novel it is. I strongly believe that my dissertation is my best piece of academic work to date and I certainly left my student life behind on a high. 

But just because I'm no longer a student doesn't mean that the learning stops here. I am a great believer in life-long learning. I'm always looking to upskill and have a sense of purpose in improving my skillset. Accumulation of applicable and useful knowledge will never be something I stop using. When you're a creative person like me, learning is crucial for fuelling idea-generation and content creation. 

The past fours years have really enabled me to discover myself. As cliché as that may sound, it's true. I know where I want to take my life and channel my work ethic and passions into. I have been able to surround myself and network with like-minded individuals who hold ambition, success, and entrepreneurship at the centre of their core values. 

University has allowed me to expand my thinking and to approach things in a piecemeal manner but also be able to consider the bigger picture. These are both crucial for any industry. 

I don't know where I'd be if I hadn't spent my past four years in Exeter and Glasgow.