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 […]
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. […]
The coronavirus pandemic has been unavoidably disruptive to everyone across the globe, with one particularly affected group being university students, but why not make the best out of a bad situation? If, like me, you’ve had your second term at university cut short, with your third term looking unlikely to go ahead at all, then […]
The summer before I started university, I spent days on end trying to plough through the extensive reading list given to me by the English Literature department to which I was about to belong. I’d expected a long list, given the nature of the degree that I had chosen, but what I’d failed to anticipate […]
Welsh Cakes Food in Wales is beautiful – think bara brith, cawl, Glamorgan sausages… and the very best snack that you can consume in the country, Welsh cakes! Gorgeous little sweet things made from sugar and currants, you’re sure to pack on a few pounds after discovering these beauties. The Price Wales is one of the […]
Joshua Robertson is a stand-up comedian and motivational speaker. At age 11 year’s old he had a severe motorbike crash. He was flown to Melbourne Women and Children’s Hospital. Having been extremely lucky to survive the collision, he spent 4 months in a coma and another 7 months in hospital. Alongside stand up comedy, Joshua is also involved […]
When I first moved into my second-year student house, after a year of living in miserable university halls with complete strangers, I was excited by the prospect of sharing with people I thought I knew relatively well. Little did I know, three weeks down the line, I would begin to wholeheartedly regret my decision and […]
During my first year of university, I was your typical student: studying hard, partying harder, travelling the country for dance competitions, and working towards an honours degree. By the same time the following year, I was struggling to stand up on my own. I’d been battling for answers to my mystery symptoms for years, but […]
By Student Writer – Jack Crockford It is that time of year when students across the UK have the big task of deciding which university they want to attend at least three years of their lives at. Last year I was in the same situation, bombarded through the mail with prospectuses from various universities and […]
In the first year of university, most students will live in university run accommodation on campus. Generally, (except for perhaps a lucky few) the majority of students will leave university halls for their second year and seek other accommodation. This usually comes in the form of a shared flat or house but recently another option […]