Hello, my fellow readers, bloggers and students and a big hello to 2017. I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year. It has been a while, hasn’t it? I’m sure you can all relate to the number of deadlines I’ve had to meet during the busy month of December. It’s been rather hectic, especially…
Category: Health and Lifestyle
Things you only learn at university
Connections. Meet as many people as you can because knowing someone that might benefit and help achieve your future career prospects will be useful. Your mum is your best friend. I don’t think you’ll appreciate how much your mum does for you until you move away to university. But, you can and will manage on…
What if you don’t make friends?
This post is for anyone who has settled into university life but is still struggling with finding and meeting new friends. University is a daunting time for anyone – especially when it comes to meeting new people but you must remember that there are people out there most likely in the same position as you….
Managing and relieving educational stress
Unfortunately, I don’t have Reading Week but I’m sure many of you do. Reading week is the perfect chance to catch up on work and reading that might have caught up on you during the weeks before. Second year is proving to be more challenging, in terms of the workload but not the actual content….
How to fill your time
I know the score, you’re in university and you’re there to “study”. But we all know that particularly in first year, you don’t tend to study as much as you should. Whilst you’re in university, it can be a good idea to do something productive to fill your time other than studying. I wish I…
Drinking games
This would have been so useful during Freshers week because playing the same games can get boring after a while. I will list various drinking games with the basic rules, that will hopefully make your pre’s more exciting. Just remember not to get too drunk during pre’s, as you will not last the whole night….
Living in halls: Top tips
I remember results day like it was yesterday. I set an alarm the night before, for 6 o’clock, in the hope that UCAS would have published my results by then. Like many students I’m sure, I struggled to get to sleep and when I did, I kept waking up with anticipation. My alarm went off…
Why blog?
So blog post number two. Is it possible to experience writer’s block when writing your second blog post? Apparently so and I now know why so many writers experience this condition. I’ve based my blog on broad topics that cover many areas – so as you can imagine I had no idea where to begin….