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Hello, my name is Christina and I'm a second year
therapeautic radiography student at Kingston University.
The reason I chose this course is, I'm a mature student and
I was thinking of having a life change, I'm 37 now, and I thought
this would be a very nice degree as I always liked hospital
environments and it's basically working with cancer patients,
treating them with radiation.
One of the reasons I chose this degree over others as well
is because half of the degree is at the university and
half of it is in clinical placement, so by the time you finish
the degree you are already competent and you know the job.
It's very nice as well to be able to apply theory into
practice while you're studying.
The reason I chose Kingston University is because
there is a very nice and relaxed atmosphere here with
staff, lecturers and other people. Everyone's very friendly
and we have quite a lot of support.
People coming into this degree come from very different
backgrounds so it's a very nice and diverse course.
There's young people, older people, people from different
countries - I'm Spanish myself - and it's a very rich environment
to learn other things, not just academic.
One of the nice features of this course is that it enables
you to work almost everywhere in the world and that's an
idea that I always liked.
It's a very rewarding career. If you're a people person
we deal with people every day, we see cancer patients for
up to eight weeks, every day, so you get to have a nice
relationship with them, and you become a pretty important
person in their lives, in that period of their life.
We work in teams so that's very rewarding as well.
I was a little bit concerned, thinking that because we're treating
cancer patients that it would be kind of a depressing
atmosphere but I was very surprised to see that it's quite
the opposite and although they're going through a difficult
time in their lives, they're quite lively and they're very
happy to see someone with a smile there for them.
And in that way it's a very, very rewarding career, and
you do get people giving you hugs and thanking you for
the time you're spending with them, and that's one of
the things I've really liked about the degree, contact with
patients and seeing how you could actually make a
difference in their lives.
So, if you like people and working with people, I'd definitely
recommend this course. It is demanding and you have to
study but there's plenty of time to have other things in
your life, it's not going to totally take over your life.
You can still have a very nice student life, or if you're a
mature student like in my case you have other things,
other responsibilities, but it's very nice and motivation
is everything so don't be scared about how difficult it can
be, if you really like this it is a very nice degree to do,
very rewarding and I recommend it to everyone.