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My term at Sciences Po has come to an end. I wish that I had kept you more updated on my studies during the past couple of months, but it is all this studying that has meant I haven't had time to keep the blog updated as much as I would have liked. One of the interesting differences between WBS and Sciences Po is the assessment methods for modules. At Warwick you might have one large essay, or a presentation and an essay, or just one exam, to assess a module. At Sciences Po each module has multiple assessment methods including exposés, essays, presentations, group projects and exams. So this meant that November and December I have been so busy with various projects and essays and other assessments that I haven't even had time to write about them. Here I will give you a short recap of each of my modules at Sciences Po and the different things I have handed in and achieved for each one. espace mondiale Fortunately I only had one exam during this exam period in December. Unfortunately this exam was for my least favourite module and it was 4 hours long. The very prospect of this exam was so daunting and terrifying and the fact it was for the module I really struggled to understand made it even worse. I had to illustrate a map in the exam to explain the concept of my one essay, which I wrote based on one of two questions. I also had to an essay, a 'literature review' based on 3 "ouevres". I thought this meant articles, comparing and contrasting three articles on a subject. Imagine my shock when I find out a week before hand in that I actually had to read and analyse three whole books!! What an achievement to hand that in on time and not fail. I had to do an individual (scary) exposé presentation in front of the whole class, accompanied by a beautiful map. See example below. I was so relieved to have this module finished to be honest and I am honestly honestly not even sure if I passed the exam. I worked hard in the run up to it but I really don't know if the french method of essay writing has clicked in my head yet.  initiation à l'entrepreneuriat I really enjoyed this module. Every week the lecturer invited a speaker who has started their own company and they explained their journey and answered questions. The lecturer, formally working at Disney and Club Med, was a really engaging and interesting guy (and also randomly friends with my Godfather who lives in America). For this module we had to do an individual business project. I chose to build on my Unearth Fashion idea from my business project in the first year of uni. I still actually believe there is a lot of potential and a real need for this concept but you can read all about it on the website: www.unearthfashion.com I am actually very proud that I was able to write a 10 page business plan all by myself for this project and that I was able to apply everything I had learned in the module to something I actually believe in. I'm sure there are countless errors in the french writing but I think this is a good place to start.  management d'entreprise For this module the main assessment (as well as group presentations on set topics and press reviews) was based a group business project. To be honest I thought this was a bit of an odd assessment and I feel like the two lecturers need to decide whether they want this to be an entrepreneurship module or not, because they are from consulting backgrounds, and I expected to learn more management techniques, strategic business from this module. Anyway, my group's idea was called Avenir - a sustainable fashion basics clothing line. We believe that fashionable can be sustainable. It is our mission to involve you in our journey to make fashion fair and responsable. We want to make the process as transparent as possible so that you know where your clothes are coming from and can see the difference that you are making. I think this could be an interesting idea. I believe in this less than Unearth Fashion, but I think that's because ideas like this exist already and I think that there were some flaws in our business model/plan that we could have better adressed. There is always going to be compromise within a group project and I think we still managed to succeed in coming up with an interesting and viable idea. Check it out here: http://avenirclothing.weebly.com/ * I don't own the domain name for this site (yet)  startups et management de l'innovation numérique This was another module I really enjoyed. The lecturer was interesting and I liked the content of the lecture. That said, each week a different person did an individual exposé which I think it mostly beneficial to the person doing the presentation, and not so much the rest of the class. My exposé was on Design Thinking, a topic which really interests me. I studied a module on Design in business last year and it was one of my best grades. I think its interesting how design principles can be applied to management and to start ups and can help shape and guide innovation. My presentation is here: As well as this I had to write an essay on how American universities are using and embracing digital technology and the impact that this has. This was interesting although I struggled with the structure and finding information on the topic so we'll see how well I did when I get the feedback. 
Sciences Po has been in many ways very similar to Warwick, and in many ways very different, as I expected. I have definitely learnt a lot and I am so impressed and proud of myself for completing a whole semester in a french university, studying all in French. I am grateful for the prestigious name which will now display proudly on my CV for the rest of my life, and I am grateful to have met so many interesting and different people. Now i'm ready for the next adventure. Bring on working life.
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