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Diary of an Early Childhood Studies Student: Settling In

Kezia Thurgood-Parkes begins a regular blog following the progress of her degree at Sheffield Hallam.

Hi, I’m Kezia, I’m 19 years old and I’m an Early Childhood Studies Student at Sheffield Hallam University.

I have been a student at SHU for two years now. Though this is my first year studying the early years, I started a course in business and human resource management in 2016. You wouldn’t think it could be possible going from doing a business course to something so different as Early Childhood Studies, but it happened. Business was something I was good at in A-Level and I was encouraged to continue to pursue that path in higher education. But in Christmas 2016 I realised the degree course was not what I expected and I really didn’t enjoy it. So, I started looking into courses with the help of my family and boyfriend, though I had no idea at that point what I wanted to do with my life. 

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