1st Student R

Owned by Paul Seiler (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jul 14, 2015 by Anne Nelson (Unlicensed)
2 min read

Lives: In in Porirua with family (parents?), muslim. Plans to work while studying so that she can apply what she learns.

Schools: Four years at Chilton, now in Yr13 at Aotea

Interests outside of school: reading, tv, friends.Minority rights, especially those persecuted or discriminated against on religious or cultural grounds.

Awareness/preparedness for post-school: From friends and family. Has read some publications. Only just starting serious research. Knows what other unis offer but Vic was always where she wants to go (centre of judicial system and government, people you meet in Wellington).

Post-school options: Will study law at Vic. No doubts or questions. Set on law based on tv shows and books.

Want to know from website: Entry requirements. Might research more about other Law universities for a comparison. If interested would need to know more about accommodation, transport, social/support activities. Background reading and how I can best prepare myself.

High level I/A: Numbered are where to find info about what you want to study, rest were to tease out understanding of the term.

  1. Faculties and schools: Because she knows she wants Law.
  2. Search: To see what comes up, maybe things she had not thought of.
  • Study at Vic: To enrol
  • Life at Vic: to learn what it is like to be there/here
  • Current students: stories about them. Maybe current may alumni
  • Word school might confuse me with what I think a school is

2nd level I/A: Numbered are where to find info about what you want to study, rest were to tease out understanding of the term.

  1. Papers: When I want to know the specifics
  • Subjects: Same as school subjects?
  • Degrees: BA, etc
  • Courses: No idea
  • Qualifications: what I am working towards/will get
  • Topic: Bigger than a subject
  • Programme: tv show (smile)
  • Study area: where I can work when not in class (common room)

To enrol: 

Study at Vic

Starting on the home page: 

Straight to Faculties and Schools, then Law, then about. Enjoyed/appreciated reading about the faculty and what it offered. 

Surprised by what she found under Research and scholarship, as she was looking for what scholarships she could apply for to fund her law study. She really struggled to find this type of information anywhere on the website, and when she did the UI was horrible.

Went to Study and careers, then courses and appreciated the costings and books/readings. However, it was old, small and dull.

Was looking to know what courses were mandatory and where there were choices so clicked on the hyperlinked year after a 100 level course. Still did not say it was mandatory. "The book is required but what about the course?"

Guided back to home page and asked to find a subject. She said she would look for something about planning what to study, but saw Course FInder, typed law and was back with a listing of courses.

Could not see how to find the subject information.

Subject selected for Treejack: Need to match up with results in the tool

  1. Law
  2. History
  3. Ecomonics

 

Additional notes from Anne

Strong connection with social issues affecting Muslims, and personal experience of discrimination, led her to wanting to become a lawyer.

Familiar with Faculty of Law and that's a place she'd look.

Choose F&S as one of the cards in the first exercise

Wants to know what pre-work she could do.

Important: Course planning - how the degree is made up 

Wellington useful because of connections through government and courts to work after uni.