University students always seem to be an overlooked demographic. This year’s A-level grades fiasco, alongside the use of the discriminatory algorithm, has rightly been at the forefront of the news. However, for all those in education during this pandemic, it’s once again university students who have had the least representation. This year’s exam season has […]
The start of university is an exciting time, but there’s often lots to do to be fully equipped for student life. With the cost of living and tuition fees at the forefront of students’ minds this September, Pip Landers-Letts, Head of Youth, Student & Graduate Propositions at Barclays shares her top tips on how students […]
When I started university back in September 2018, I never thought I would experience anything like this. The coronavirus pandemic has affected our everyday lives like never before – with the education sector being decimated and the virus majorly disrupting crucial assignments. As a journalism student at the University for the Creative Arts, I have […]
Australian singer/songwriter Harrison Storm’s music captures a sense of presence with whatever emotion the artist is moving through in his creative life. A sound the artist explains stands out because of the very human and emotional nature of his music. Something he feels are intrinsically very real and relatable. We caught up with the artist […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]