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Second Year

By second year, you know the campus and Canterbury environment well. This year you’ll be assessing where you’ve been and where you’re going, and the range of choices you have may seem daunting. You’ll be making some big decisions about how to direct your studies, what your leadership path will look like, and what career opportunities you’re going to pursue.

As you embark on the next chapter in your academic life, here is some general advice:

Make academic connections. Begin to reflect on the things that interest you intellectually. The modules you take this year will encourage you to develop the knowledge and skills that you will use with increasing independence in your third year. Identify experiences that broaden your horizons, through study abroad, activities with university societies, volunteer opportunities, and more.

Build leadership skills. Seek out opportunities to take on new responsibilities, serving as a mentor to others and working with teams to problem-solve. Your activities help you to build competencies that future employers or graduate admissions committees find valuable when considering applicants, and they also help you to clarify your goals. There are many opportunities with university clubs and societies , and we actively encourage you to get involved in the Canterbury community through a wide variety of volunteer activities .

Build your network. Deepening your relationships is critical to your education this year. By May, at least three members of staff at Kent should know enough about you, your work, and your aspirations for the future to write you a letter of recommendation. You should also be working on your network outside Kent, through internships and co-curricular involvement.

Together, these decisions and relationships will begin to shape your university experience, and your life beyond Kent.

We’ve put together this timeline and resource guide to help you think through some of your options but remember that you are not required to decide everything all at once, or all alone. We invite you to talk with your academic adviser about charting the path that’s right for you.

Let your curiosity guide you! Explore ideas, places, events, stories that excite you.

Stay in touch with all that’s happening in CLAS over the summer with @kentiquity on instagram, twitter, and facebook.

Begin to discuss study abroad options with advisers in the International Partnerships Office.

Early to Mid-September

Reconnect with your faculty adviser to review the summer and plan ahead. Talk with your adviser about some of the following questions:

When you came to Kent, what did you think you wanted to study? Has that changed or developed over the past year? What worked well last year and what didn’t? Take a step back from modules and careers and think about what interests you in the world: What draws your attention in the newspaper, online, in books, movies, and in conversations? What kinds of questions do you like to think about? There is still time to explore your academic interests!

With which academic staff, graduate students, or other teachers did you make a real connection last year? Reach out to them and stay connected.

Think about the skills gained from each extracurricular activity you participated in last year. If you haven’t become involved yet, now’s the time to begin volunteer work and other extracurricular activities. Visit the Student Union and check out the options available to you at Kent.

If you decide you want to study abroad , you must add it to your degree before the end of Week 5 in your second year. Contact the Taught Programme Administrator as soon as possible for advice on how to proceed.

The Classical and Archaeological Studies Department runs a series of research seminars each year with leading researchers in the field. Look out for these events and attend! Often the speaker will be someone whose articles have been assigned in class, and this is a good time to broaden your horizons and see what Classical and Archaeological studies looks like outside of the classroom.

Early October – Early November

Meet with the Careers and Employability Service (CES) to explore your options, create a plan, and develop a solid resume. Sign up for their events (they usually run a careers festival in October), especially the meet and greets with potential employers. These conversations are really important for helping you see how your degree is preparing you for the world of work. You have been building excellent time management, project development and writing skills. Now is the time to see how they can be put into practice across a range of fields.

Get involved with KCAS and other student societies to enrich your academic life. Now is also a good time to let your curiosity guide you in exploring certain aspects of the ancient world from your modules from your own perspective. Connect with graduate students to learn what the research life is all about as you begin thinking about where you would like to focus your study of the ancient world.

This is the time to prepare for midterm assessments! Your midterm assessments will vary depending on the type of module you’re taking, but it’s likely that your workload may feel heavier between weeks 5-8 of term. Seek support from SLAS and from your fellow students in study groups. Don’t forget to use the Assignment Survival Kit (ASK) to help you manage multiple deadlines and give you plenty of time to complete your assignments.

Before you tackle your first assessment, review these helpful hints on acknowledging your sources and developing good working habits. If you need some extra help, get in touch with SLAS for 1-to-1 writing appointments, or attend their workshops. You know the drill!

Autumn Reading Week  is a time is an important time to deepen your understanding of who you are, what you want and how you connect with the world outside of Kent. It sets time aside for you to take up volunteer opportunities you haven’t yet found time for or to get in touch with your academic adviser. Remember, this week is about rounding out your academic experience. This is NOT a half-term break (we’re at university after all). This week is an enriching part of academic life, helping you follow your curiosity and embrace new opportunities for your success.

Late November

This is a great opportunity to step back, reflect on your first two years, and think about what you want the rest of your Kent experience to look like. What have you learned? What do you hope to do? Are there any adjustments you’d like to make to your study habits? Would you like to get some academic support to make the most of the rest of the term? If you haven’t already, now is the time to talk with your academic adviser about your plans for the weeks ahead.

Early December

Prepare for final assessments and any in class tests you may have. Get support from your academic adviser, and from SLAS 1-to-1 consultations and workshops. Don’t forget to use the Assignment Survival Kit (ASK) to help you manage multiple deadlines and give you plenty of time to complete your assignments.

Mid-January

Identify and cultivate a faculty mentor. This should be different from your academic adviser. Touch base with people who might write your recommendations over the next year. Who has taught your favourite class or delivered a research talk at the Department’s Archaeology Day or Classics Day that you really liked? You might even have found a lecturer in one of your wild modules who got you excited about another area of study, so contact them! Visit academic staff during office hours or invite them to have coffee or a conversation over lunch. Ask questions about their research, talk with them about your academic experience, and discuss plans for the year (or topics for a dissertation, if you’re already thinking about that).

Use our Independent Work Guide to familiarize yourself with departmental goals and expectations regarding independent work.

Sign up for SLAS workshops and some Careers events to attend. Now is the time to hone your academic skills and for you to begin to see how they transfer into a range of career options.

A new term means the CLAS public talks and research seminars begin again with leading researchers in the field. Look out for these events and attend! Often the speaker will be someone whose articles have been assigned in class, and this is a good time to broaden your horizons and see what Classical and Archaeological studies looks like outside of the classroom.

If you haven’t started thinking about housing options for next year, now is a good time! In addition to providing on campus housing for third years, the accommodation office also offers advice about living off campus.

If you haven’t thought about summer internship, work, or placement activities, now is the time! Get In touch with CES . Talk to your academic adviser about what you might want to do and begin thinking about module choices for next year.

Early March

Prepare for midterm assessments! Your midterm assessments will vary depending on the type of module you’re taking, but it’s likely that your workload may feel heavier during week 5-8 of Spring term. Seek support from SLAS and from your fellow students in study groups. You know the drill!

Spring Reading Week  is again a time for you to take up important non-academic experiences. This is often a time when KCAS (Kent Classical and Archaeological Society) organises events, and when you can continue to explore volunteer opportunities. During this pause in the normal teaching schedule, explore things that take you out of your comfort zone to broaden your education. This is NOT a half-term break. This week is an enriching part of academic life, helping you follow your curiosity and embrace new opportunities for your success.

Online module registration (OMR) begins! This is the time when you will be choosing your modules for next year. Make sure you look back at your Student Degree Map and talk to your academic adviser! The Department usually has a module selection moodle page with details and some lecturers run an ‘open house’ for students to drop in and discuss informally what the module will entail. It’s really important that you begin to think about how you want to shape your degree. Do you want to focus on archaeology? Do you want to focus on one language or pick up another? Do you want to focus on Rome or Greece?

Attend the Independent Work Plenary Session! Information about this will come out at the same time as Online Module Registration. This is REALLY IMPORTANT to making sure your third year goes well. Use the reflective question above to help you begin to think about your independent work for your third year. You will have to submit a research proposal in Summer Term, so it’s good to get a start now. Read about how to craft a good research question or develop an argument in the Department’s Independent Work Guide. Talk to current third year students about what they’ve done in their independent work and ask for their advice. Begin to explore topics, gather ideas for possible supervisors, find sources, gain familiarity with the way articles are written in the areas of research you’re interested in, and seek out help to understand what makes a good independent project.

Late March – Early April

This is a good time to reflect on your progress this year. What went well? What was a challenge? What surprised you this year and what stirred your curiosity? What are your hopes for the summer? What adjustments would you like to make in your study habits? If you haven’t already now is a good time to talk with your academic adviser.

This is also a good time to contact your lecturers for the modules you’re taking next year to ask them for any suggested reading you could do over the summer that might help spark your curiosity about the subject.

Clarify your goals. Think about what you’ve accomplished so far, what the connective threads are in your experiences, and what your values are, and use those as a guide to craft a path for the next few years.

Strengthen your connections, both in academic and co-curricular circles. The deeper your connections with faculty and with prospective employers and alumni, the more people you’ll have to support you in your independent work and future planning.

Think big, start small. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by your first large independent project. Don’t be afraid to think big, but then break your goals down into actionable, achievable mini goals.

Prepare for any Final Exams you might have and think about plans for next year. If you need a little more academic support, get in touch with SLAS , if you need some careers advice, get in touch with CES , and of course, remember you can always get in touch with your academic adviser.

During the Summer term, you should be preparing to submit your Research Proposal for your Independent Work. If you are planning to pursue a Dissertation, in addition to the Research Proposal, you will need to find your own supervisor among the academic staff in Classical and Archaeological Studies.

Staff and Student News

Managing your time

As we approach the end of term we know that assessment deadlines are looming for many of you. So here are some time management tips from the Student Learning Advisory Service:

• Get organised Get yourself a term planner or student diary and get into the habit of writing every commitment down, with times, locations and contact details. These should include university related commitments like deadlines, exam dates and study groups as well as medical appointments, work shifts and social engagements. Make sure that you carry it with you and keep it up to date. Even though your mobile may be able to hold all this, it may be a good idea – to get an overview of your workload – to use a wall planner anyway (free wall planners are available at the Student Learning Advisory Service ).
• Prioritise With so much to do, you will need to prioritise some tasks or commitments over others. It may be a good idea to spend a few minutes each Sunday sorting through the tasks for the week ahead. Group tasks into ‘needs to be done within 48 hours’, ‘needs to be done this week’, ‘longer term tasks’. Revise your lists daily and cross completed task off and add new ones.
• Develop a work routine What works best for you in terms of time management? Does your head work better in the morning? Or late a night? Try to use your productive time for more demanding study related tasks and the less productive time for mundane tasks such as sorting, tidying or doing housework. Are there any tasks – such as shopping, looking after the kids – that can be shared or delegated?
• Use time productively Try to make good use of the ‘in between’ times, eg travelling or waiting times. Carry some material around with you and use this time to go over notes or read. During gaps between lectures, use the time to check out or return books at the library or even to do some research.
• Break tasks down When working on assignments it might help to break them down into manageable chunks and work on one of these at a time. Use the online Assignment Survival Kit to plan and complete your assignments.
• Ask for help There is a lot of help available at the University. If you can’t locate sources in the library, ask the library assistants or the relevant subject librarian. If you can’t get to grips with an assignment ask the seminar leader or consult the Student Learning Advisory Service. If you are feeling very stressed about your studies, you might want to visit the Counselling Service in Keynes College or Gillingham Building in Medway. Should you feel unwell, have problems sleeping or eating properly, drop in at the University Nursing Service (Keynes EG3 ext: 3503) or visit the Medical Centre or contact your own doctor. If there is a problem, ask for help and it can be sorted out. If something is seriously affecting your studies, let your tutor know as soon as possible. Do not miss deadlines without telling your school what is wrong.
• Take a break, enjoy yourself Make sure that you take enough breaks and plan in leisure time. Studying all day non-stop is rarely productive. Study in short blocks of time with brief breaks, then review what you have studied before moving on. Try to do some sort of regular physical exercise, even if it is only a 15-minute walk around campus. This gives your brain a chance to relax and get energised again. Plan in some regular study free time.
• Keep a record and keep it tidy When researching and reading material for your assignments, keep a record of the sources that you have used. Make sure you have enough details to write up the full reference. Once you have taken the books back to the library or moved on online it may be very time consuming to retrieve the relevant bibliographical details (eg name, date, title, edition, volume, page number, publisher etc). Also, try to keep your notes in one place (have a folder for each module) and label them with a heading, keywords, the date and, of course, the source. Add new material or comment on your notes throughout the term. When it comes to exam preparation, revision planning will seem less daunting.
• Learn to say NO Get those around you – family, friends and colleagues – to take you seriously as a student. You have the right to study and to have that respected. Learn to be assertive when people want to make you do things that interfere with your study time. Even those students who pretend to ‘only party’ will have to study sometimes if they want to pass and do well. As a full-time student you are expected to put in about 40 hours of work per week. So, learn to say NO to time stealers and learn to restrict time wasting activities (such as TV, facebook etc).
• Plan ahead It might be a good idea to think about what else you could get out of your time at university. Personal development planning (PDP) helps you to take charge of your learning, recognise your strengths and weaknesses and plan for your short term and long term future. To find out more and to produce your very own e-portfolio .

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Time management.

• Being organised
• Semester plans
• Weekly planners
• Daily to-do lists
• Digital tools for planning
• Avoiding procrastination
• Prioritisation
• Taking a break

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”

- Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

Nine tips for time management

When you're working on a project or an assignment, how do you make best use of the time available to you?

We could've given you ten tips, but to save you time, we've cut it down to nine!

Keep a to-do list

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What are the activities you need to complete?

Keep a list of the activities you need to get through. Give a measure of importance to each:

• Which do you need to do now?
• Which need doing soon?
• Which can wait?

If possible, break larger activities down into smaller, more manageable sections.

There are lots of to-do list apps out there, including Google Tasks which integrates with Gmail and Google Calendar . You could also use an app like Google Keep which is great for making quick notes.

Set personal goals

Focus on the important activities.

Goals can be big (getting a First; becoming Prime Minister), or small (making a to-do list; getting out of bed in the morning).

Don't let your goals dominate you: If you're the sort of person who will be crushed if you don't achieve your goals, make sure the goals you set are achievable; keep them relevant and in line with what's expected. But if you thrive on reaching for the moon, then by all means reach!

Just as with the activities on your to-do list, try breaking your goals down into smaller objectives.

Set your priorities

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Is there an order to what you need to do?

What are the things you need to get done in order to achieve your goals? What tasks rely on other tasks? Plan out a logical order. What needs to come first?

What matters and what doesn't? Do you have to do everything on your to-do list? Do you need to achieve every one of your goals right now? Don't fill your time with unimportant tasks.

Match your priorities to your goals and think about what will help you to achieve them. What's important? What's urgent? What's both? What's neither?

Manage distractions

We don't work within a vacuum.

What distractions do you have control over? Your phone? Your TV? Social media? Social life?

Don't stretch yourself too far. You might have to sacrifice some of your extra-curricular activities for a little bit while you get done what you need to.

Let your friends or family know when you need to be alone. A true friend won't be offended if you have to give the odd thing a miss. Close your door, and make a "Do not disturb" sign if you have to.

Avoid procrastination

Get on with it!

When you're prioritising your work, it's all too easy to shunt down the list the things you don't really want to do. But at some point you're going to have to go and do them.

Of course you're going to put things off. We've all left stuff to the last minute. But you know you probably shouldn't.

A little procrastination can be a good thing. It can give you time to think things over and to avoid rash decisions. But most of the time we're just putting off the inevitable.

DON'T put all of your energy into your to-do list and goal-setting. Save some time and effort for the tasks themselves!

Do you even need to be here, or are you just putting off the task and trying to fool yourself that reading about time management is helping you to do your work? If that's the case, maybe you need to take a listen to this example of procrastination behaviours to avoid (University log-in required), courtesy of the Red Dwarf novel " Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers ".

Give yourself a break

All that said, breaks are important.

Life should never be just work work work. Leave time for some fun. Extra-curricular activities are important. You may need to put a few things on hold to give yourself time to concentrate, but that's not the same as just cloistering yourself away until the work is done.

And leave time for some sleep , too! If you're tired, your concentration will suffer.

Taking a break gives you time to unwind and/or re-energise. It also gives you chance to reflect on what you've done, and what you've achieved so far.

There's few things worse than staring at a blank screen. Don't be afraid to walk away for a bit if you're wanting for inspiration. A break can offer up new ideas. How many good ideas come to you when you're sat on the toilet or trying to sleep?

Take one thing at a time

Juggling takes effort, so focus on the task in hand.

Plan ahead to avoid assignment clashes as best you can.

If you've got several hand-ins or deadlines at once, manage your time carefully. Can you pretend that the hand-in for one assignment is earlier than it actually is, and leave yourself time afterwards to work on the next?

That sort of sleight of hand can be tricky to pull off, but you could still break the week into sufficiently large slots: Tuesdays and Wednesdays could be one piece of work; Thursdays and Fridays another.

Failing that, the least unpleasant bit of work might prove procrastination fodder for the other! If you're working on one piece of work and ideas are coming to you for another, don't be afraid to switch. Just be careful of switching so much that you confuse yourself!

Keep organised

Be as efficient as you can be.

Are your notes everywhere ? Do you even have notes at all? Write notes that will make sense to you when you come to using them. Not just cryptic keywords or doodles whose meaning has been lost in the mists of term.

Skim read the texts that you find. You don't need to read every word, or even every paragraph.

Do you know where that quote came from? Can you put your hand on that pen or that PDF? Keep a record of the texts that you've found so that you can find them again and/or cite them.

Have a way of making quick notes, either with pen and paper, or on your phone. You never know when an idea might come to you.

And try to keep your work environment relatively tidy. You don't have to live in a sterile, tidy environment, but utter chaos will only cost you time (that said, so will tidying up -- don't use tidying as a form of procrastination!).

Plan a schedule

Use your calendar.

Plan ahead in your diary and block some time out. You could even colour some things in if you think it will help you and if it isn't just procrastination!

Start with fixed appointments like classes and meetings, then block out study time. Things you need time for include:

• Finding literature
• Conducting a study
• Editing what you've written
• Having a crisis!

...and that's just a very partial list. The exact things you'll need to make time for will depend on what you're doing.

Be sure to leave time for checking what you've written. Don't take everything up to the very last minute.

You can't plan for all eventualities, so give yourself space for any slippage to your schedule.

And above all... look after yourself!

Some useful time management resources

The Distractibles Meetups

Finding it hard to focus and plagued by distractions? Join The Distractibles Meetup on the first Wednesday of each month, 12:30pm to 1:30pm. We are a support group of staff and students with small group chat and an ideas bank of things to try. Whether you're neurodiverse or just easily distracted, our peer-support group might be just the thing for you. Sign up for the next session on 7 August 12.30pm .

4 Sep session .

2 Oct session .

If you've attended before, you can use the same Zoom link.

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One of the counsellors just forwarded me a very cool resource that helps you schedule all the tasks you need to do to complete an assignment.

It can be found on the University of Kent website.

The University of Kent call it the “ Assignment Survival Kit (ASK) “. A similar tool on the University of Minnesota website call it an “ Assignment Calculator “.

Using the tool is simple.

Having done this, a new page will open, containing tasks that need to be completed, and by when, to ensure the assignment is ready to be handed up on the due date.

Each of the tasks is clickable, linking to resources that more comprehensively explain each task.

If you struggle with allocating the appropriate amount of time to your assignments, or are not familiar with the steps in preparing an assignment, this resource may be very valuable.

As noted above, a similar tool exists on the University of Minnesota website .

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The following guide has been created for you by the  Skills for Academic Success Team . For more detailed guidance and to speak to one of our advisers, please book an  appointment  or join one of our  workshops . Alternatively, have a look at our  SkillBuilder  skills videos. 

The following series of short videos (below) give step by step guidance, with examples, on how to go about researching and writing an essay, from start to finish. You can watch one or all of them in any order. 

The Assignment Survival Kit

ASK will aid your time and task management when working on your assignment. Just enter the due date of your assignment to get started. Any queries or feedback about ASK please email [email protected] .

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