'Just starting uni' advice from our recent grads transcript

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[music plays] Images of students at the graduation ceremonies. Screen goes fuzzy. Title reads: Advice from our graduates on starting uni'. Throughout the video, graduates are talking to the camera, wearing graduation gowns.

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Just start. Take a step. Just go for it and jump into the deep water and be brave. You're going to make terrible decisions. You're going to make amazing decisions. But this is your journey.

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It's been the best experience of my life. I've met met the best people. I've had the best best teachers. My friends who studied in Norway, they're only dreaming about the connection that we have here with our teachers.

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Get stuck in no matter what course. Try out things. Say yes to everything. Do anything and everything you can. Enjoy your time. Enjoy the people. Do all the extracurricular stuff. Go to that society. You got to enjoy it to really get invested in it. Let loose. Get to know everyone.

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Make an effort to get to know the people around you. Most people are going to be nervous and have doubts. I say go for it. Meet more people early on, gain friendships and connections early on. Like, my flatmates are, like, my best friends now. I've met the best people here and it's been the best two years of my life. I honestly could not have gotten through this um this incredible journey without my friends and the study groups and staying for hours in the library just honestly motivating each other. I honestly couldn't have done it without them.

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Be ready to learn new things. Let your mind just be open. Don't don't leave assessments to the last minute. Things always take longer than you think they're going to take. Just take it easy in first year. Everything might seem overwhelming, but it it does get easier. Keep going and be determined because you can do it. And then you'll be on graduation day like me.

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Just look at the career ahead of you rather than what you need to do now because what lies ahead - I'm excited about that. It's a great career. And if you love what you do, then you never work a day in your life. Be brave and yes, you've got this.

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Video ends with the Southampton Solent University logo on a white screen with www.solent.ac.uk/clearing beneath it.