Finally all the revision and the
exams are over! I had two exams this year, both of which I went into not
feeling particularly confident. The first I came out of realising I had learnt
more than I had thought and felt that I gave good answers to the questions. The
second I didn't feel as positive about when I finished, but it’s finished now
so I will have to wait until the results come out. So I made the most of the
long jubilee weekend and had some relaxing time in the sun....or lack of sun
should I say!
Moving away from the exams,
although this means that my second year is finished, there is an exciting
opportunity which I will be taking over the summer. Of course you will have
heard about that little thing happening in London this summer, the London 2012
Olympic Games. I have kept quiet about this in my previous blogs but this has
been something which I’ve been training and working towards for the past
academic year. I am going to be working with a corporate hospitality company
throughout the whole period of the Olympic Games. As we are completing our
training our roles have yet to be finalised (I’ll keep you posted on that
one!). The company have made a strong link with the University of Greenwich and
many of our students will be working with the company during the games in a
variety of different roles. But, I was extremely lucky as the company have been
working closely with the second year Events management students, providing us
with training throughout the year on a weekly basis, being interviewed, and
then if successful we then move into the local staff training with all the
other local staff who will also be working with the company during the games.
Source: http://www.london2012.com/
This will be such an amazing
opportunity and I feel extremely lucky that I am going to be involved in, what
arguably, is the largest event that takes place in the world. Being able to work so closely with a company
who has years of experience and learning so many new things along the way. This
has been an aspiration of mine since I decided which university I wanted to go
to. Knowing that the Olympic Games would fall at the end of my second year at
university, going to a university in London was a big factor in my decision. So
you can imagine my excitement when this opportunity came about.
The training has been intensive
and we have been asked to complete various online, in class activities, venue
tours and exams in order to prepare us for the Games. As well as all the
learning I need to do about London, not being from London this has been a
slight challenge but one which I was happy to do in order to have this amazing
experience. If you were lucky enough to get a ticket to one of the events, maybe
I’ll see you there! J
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