For those who have recently finished sixth form or college, the time spent waiting for your results can be full of angst and dread. Once you receive your results you may very well be relieved, but for some there may also be much in the way of disappointment, all depending on whether you’ve made it […]
Get yourself #careerready by taking the OU’s employer-endorsed soft skills courses. Starting your career can be a daunting task, with the job market as saturated as it currently is, tonnes of different search platforms and CV formats to choose from, it can be difficult to know where to start. That’s why The Open University (OU) is […]
The live music and entertainment industry is one fueled by entrepreneurship, dynamism, resilience, and creativity. We caught up with Jasmine Loupidis, a recent law graduate from Royal Holloway University to offer a unique insight into the career as a paralegal at AEG Europe – a role which she was promoted from within into, following her […]
Spiritual Psychologist, Rachael Alexander, releases You’ve Got This – A Student’s Guide to Well-being at University and Beyond – A ‘Life-saver’ guide aimed to help university students achieve academic success through embracing symptoms of anxiety The release of A-level results in August can be an emotional gamechanger for many young people. While some will be […]
Open days are not just a good opportunity for students; they also give family members an insight into university life. But parents shouldn’t try to “relive their youth”, says James Busson, co-director of student recruitment at the University of Sheffield. Instead, they are there to play a supporting role, to help students learn about a […]
Attending one of the Guardian’s top 20 universities? So, they’ve got the reputation to be the best academically, but which university is the most fun?! Fear not, we’ve got you! We’ve created our very own league table to find out which university really is the most fun place to be a student! We’ve taken 5 […]
Sitting in your room at your parents house looking around at all your belongings and deciding what to take with might seem daunting but there are a few ways you can make this process easier. 1. Talk to your housemates/flatmates first If you are moving into shared accommodation, talk to your new flatmates or housemates […]
Starting university brings many new challenges and things that you have no choice but to adapt to; living away from home in a house full of strangers from all walks of life is just one hurdle to jump. Without your usual home comforts, many new students find themselves homesick at a time where they should […]
The pandemic has made much of what was once ordinary in society incredibly challenging. This continues to affect the institutions of higher education presently preparing the great thinkers and innovators of tomorrow: universities. To keep the halls and walls of advanced learning alive, institutions across Europe have rolled out extensive measures, committing themselves to keep […]
Incoming students often have high expectations for their first-year experience, partly down to the glamorisation of student life. What more important part of university is there than the infamous social life? Well, apart from the actual degree of course. Coming from a relatively small town where the cultural epicentre was a Nando’s on the high […]