It’s great to be back in Newcastle – on the first day of summer, the recommencement of uni in September seems a long way away, but it always comes round surprisingly quickly.  As I drove back up to Newcastle for my third and final year, I found myself wondering where on earth the time has gone – it certainly doesn’t feel like two years since I arrived in Newcastle as a fresher.   Sentimentality aside however, the start of the year has been super hectic.   With new modules and a dissertation to get my head round, I’m already spending far more time than I’d like in the library.  I’m also running the Law for Non-Law Society and the Politics Running Club this year, on top of applying for various graduate schemes, so I’ve got a lot on my plate, but that’s the only way I’d have it – it keeps me busy and the less time spent lounging on the sofa the better, right?  It helps that everyone else on the course is in the same situation – there’s a realisation that we need to work hard this year if we want to do well, so there’s are plenty of familiar faces in the library.  And ultimately, the hard work put in should all be worth it – hopefully…

With essay deadlines passed, and only 3 weeks left till the beginning of the exam season, sights have started to turn towards revision. For me, revision consists of churning through swathes of lecture notes, re-writing them over and over, in different formats, whether it is long lists or spider diagrams. This is much the same as I revised for my A-Levels, but with more exams under my belt now, I’ve come to learn what works for me, and thus can tailor my revision period as such. With the semester-based system used in Universities, these exams also have the benefit that you’re only learning two-three months’ worth of content, opposed to A-levels, when I remember having to go back to notes I made half a year previous. Even so, I, like many others, will rack up the hours spent in the library over the next few weeks, and the 6th June can’t come soon enough. However, while in some respects the summer term isn’t the best, it isn’t all bad news. Even up here in Newcastle, the temperature does increase fractionally, and with the days are getting longer, the opportunity for evenings spent in Jesmond’s beer gardens is one Newcastle students do not miss out on.