The Grad Scheme: Recent Episodes
Martha James and Imogen Gaffney
Hi! We’re Martha and Imogen, two university graduates with no future prospects. Join us on The Grad Scheme as we dive into our university experiences, dish top tips on surviving higher education and chat about anything else we fancy. Please listen, we’re desperate.
Caviar & quince & quails, oh my! We’re back - and this time, we’re virtual (at least we’re not charging over 9 grand for the privilege). We’ve become tech whizzes and worked out how to record a podcast virtually so we’re absolutely buzzing. Please return to us and hear all about what we’ve been up to through the dark winter months.
ConGRADulations, higher education is over! Now it’s time for us to discuss the apocalyptic job sphere alongside two barking French bulldogs. And who would’ve thought grad life could include flattening a curve, visiting the Goop lab, sweating to Katti Kalandal and becoming 50 year olds obsessed with what iPlayer can offer on a lonely night. With a questionable lockdown viewing/reading recommendations roll call and a pretty soul destroying karaoke sesh, this episode is arguably more inspiring than a ripe banana bread but less nourishing than morning duck walks with Joe Wicks.
DISCLAIMER!! This was recorded pre second wave so forgive us if we sound smug referencing lockdown in the past tense #hindsightis2020.
Final year is upon us so we're starting serious by discussing group projects, dissertations and presentations. We quickly decline into detailing our Top of the Pops experience, pondering our decreasing fertility and uncovering Rishi's short man syndrome. So while we can't give you a discount on your Wagamama's, we can offer some theories on bats mating with pangolins.
Send us down under and bring out Ant and Dec because we’re talking when student living becomes more Bushtucker trial and less Housewives of Beverly Hills! But seriously, this week we dish out some valuable advice on part-time jobs, coach travel and how to out-smart your thieving landlord. Take our top tips so that you don’t have to scream GET ME OUT OF HERE and find yourself with an overdraft that even an ITV paycheque couldn’t cover.
Congrats, you’ve made it to university! Get ready for passive aggressive group chats, meat feasts and nightmare flatmates. Stay tuned till the end for a briefing on stranger danger and a live action cough romantic night in.
Welcome to our debut podcast and the first episode of Higher Education, Lower Expectations! We’re going to discuss the process of preparing to leave for university including being mugged by UCAS, ditching boyfriends and washing pants. So whether you've already endured the process or you're about to, we've got it covered!