Nurturing your creativity
Our undergraduate Criminology and Sociology student, Ada, talks about how her Â鶹ֱ²¥ journey has helped her find her creative voice
Criminology and Sociology student, Ada, has enjoyed creative writing ever since year 11, after discovering her way with words when writing short stories in English at school. Her love for spoken word began when she attended the Victory Youth Group which exposed her to opportunities creating spoken word pieces or poems.
LUArts, Â鶹ֱ²¥ University's student-focused arts programme, offers a plethora of opportunities for budding writers, poets and spoken word artists to pursue their interests. These include the popular Speech Bubble performance poetry night in Â鶹ֱ²¥ Students Union, which showcases the amazing spoken word talent on campus via open mic slots.
Ada attended one of the Speech Bubble events in her first year at Â鶹ֱ²¥ and really enjoyed it. For Ada, going to Speech Bubble was a huge step out of her comfort zone as it was her first time performing in front of an audience. Quickly growing in confidence, she was soon performing at the Round House and Wandsworth Council Chambers and taking part in a master class with Joelle Taylor and Travis Alabanza.
In her second year Ada was awarded a LUArts scholarship to enhance her creative writing skills. LUArts scholarships, which are open to all Â鶹ֱ²¥ University students, are offered to students who demonstrate ability, passion and commitment in music (instrumental, singer-songwriter/contemporary and vocal), performing arts, creative writing and spoken word, or film and media (including photography, painting, digital art, video and sound production). Each scholarship winner receives a cash prize and a tailored package of tuition or mentoring to develop their skills and knowledge further. There are also opportunities for scholars to showcase their talents during their scholarship year with performances at University events.
Now in her final year, Ada reflects on her experience, and the many useful transferable skills gained from the activities she undertook as part of her scholarship:
Aside from her creative activities, Ada threw herself into a variety of other extracurricular activities at Â鶹ֱ²¥ that complemented her course and helped her gain other useful skills:
Ada’s experience on her course has widened her horizons and sparked an interest in a future career path:
Ada is a passionate advocate of extra-curricular activities and encourages students to seize all opportunities at University to pursue their creative side alongside their undergraduate study:
New Beginnings
By Ada Ughanwa
As we leave the downs that locked us before,
We wait in eagerness to see what’s to come
The world as we know it, has changed its face whilst we sit at home waiting for another day
A day that seems so far yet it’s so close to come, our days will soon feel like days.
We will cherish every moment that we are out with nature, we will hug and appreciate our loved ones
We will look to the stars with no care in the world because we know that our time has come.
Cheers to July 19th, you are the beginning yet the end of life as we know it.
Here’s to new beginnings.
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