Lockdown hasn’t been easy on anyone. I can say with some confidence that I don’t think anyone has enjoyed it: stuck indoors doing your studies, no freedom to go out drinking, see any course mates, or anything really. Locked in with the same difficult housemates day after day, I feel as though I’ve been in […]
Written by Emma Tyler – Student Writer In March, the Coronavirus reached global pandemic status and has since lead to an unfamiliar reality that the alarmist press in Britain has labelled ‘the new normal’. The vibrant city of London has become desolate, once bubbling playgrounds have become forbidden territories, and our National Health Service appears […]
This Is How University Ends, Not With A Bang, But A Whimper As lockdown loosens, graduates are left picking up the pieces. They were robbed of closure, denied celebration, and now must scramble to secure jobs in an uncertain and to use that ubiquitous word, ‘unprecedented’ climate. Relationships have been tested, and many may not […]
We’ve likely all been hit by the winter blues. That dull, groggy feeling that washes over you and keeps you in bed, tired and unmotivated. For sufferers of mental illnesses like anxiety and depression, the weather and the seasons can often affect the severity of their illnesses. This can often be linked to SAD – […]
Finding your first student home can be both exciting and demanding. Leaving halls means you are taking the next step into the realities of student adulting, and if you find a home you are happy in – it could be where you spend a lot of your time for the rest of your degree. So […]
As a student, Rome may not be your first choice for a holiday due to it being labelled as an expensive place for tourists to visit. However, if Rome is on your 2020/21 bucket list, there is no excuse why you can’t visit this beautiful city and finally tick one place off your bucket list. […]
Across the world colleges, schools and universities have closed, and moved to online teaching. Most universities have kept resident buildings and halls open for students who cannot go home. Although, as many as 74 percent of students are being asked to pay for accommodation they are not using. On top of this, they are paying […]
Visiting family (47%) and seeing friends (35%) top list of what Brits are looking forward to most post-lockdown, while almost a fifth can’t wait to go out for dinner (17%) More than a third (34%) of millennials have boosted their savings by over £500 during restrictions Extra time spent at home has inspired 83% of […]
When I first heard the term fast fashion, I assumed it was a good thing. As a student with a part-time, minimum wage job, the ability to buy clothes quickly, cheaply and easily seemed entirely beneficial to me. Designer trends are copied by high street brands, making expensive styles accessible to us with less-than-designer budgets. […]
Young, strong and the vision of health – on the outside, it would be hard to tell Tamika Harden, a personal fitness trainer from NYC, was struggling with the early symptoms of Coronavirus. Training over 200 women a week used to be a breeze, but one morning Harden awoke feeling as though she’d been hit […]