{"id":3643,"date":"2021-07-25T22:30:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T22:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2021-08-08T21:51:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T21:51:48","slug":"after-kent-catching-up-with-rosie-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2021\/07\/25\/after-kent-catching-up-with-rosie-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"After Kent – Catching up with Rosie Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many students have passed through Kent but what are they up to now? In the After Kent series, we talk to Rosie Hall<\/a><\/strong> about her journey After Kent. Rosie studied BA Politics between 2017-2020.<\/p>\n

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What do you miss the most about studying Politics at Kent?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I miss the fantastic discussions and debates we had in seminars. Hearing other peoples\u2019 points of view was something I loved about Politics at Kent. Exchanging ideas was a really powerful way to learn.<\/p>\n

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What are you up to now?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I am now a qualified teacher, working in a secondary school in Southampton. I started my training year last September and qualified this June. I have trained to teach GCSE History and Humanities, and have now been employed to teach GCSE Religious Education and Ethics & Philosophy.<\/p>\n

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How has studying Politics at Kent prepared you for the future\/current position?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

At Kent, I received brilliant teaching, which inspired me to go forward and train to teach. The people who inspired me, namely Dr Iain MacKenzie<\/a><\/strong>, Dr Jane O\u2019Mahony<\/strong><\/a> and Dr Ben Turner<\/strong><\/a> have played a big role in influencing me to inspire others. Similarly, Jane\u2019s module \u2018Politics in the Classroom\u2019 was an\u00a0outstanding insight into the world of teaching, and I gained great experience from enrolling.<\/p>\n

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What advice would you give potential\/current Politics students?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My advice would be to go to office hours. Every time I went and spoke to a lecturer 1-1 it helped massively. Even if you\u2019re nervous about getting stuff wrong, just speak to a seminar leader or other academic and they will help you. Also, make sure you immerse yourself in your modules; do the reading!<\/p>\n

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What do you plan to do in the future?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I would like to continue teaching Humanities for now. I have aspirations of teaching A-Level politics in a few years\u2019 time once I am more experienced. Doing my PGCE has given me 60 credits of a Master\u2019s Degree, so I would love to finish that off in the future too \u2013 with a focus on Feminist Political Theory.<\/p>\n

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IIf you are a POLIR alumni and studied either an undergraduate, postgraduate or PhD degree with us and would like to share your story, contact us, we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n

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