Hometown Holidays 1.0
Before coming to university, I never thought I would build such close relationships with my friends/housemates, however, over the past two years, our group of friends have travelled to and stayed in each others hometowns – Devon, Doncaster and London. I had not been able to blog our first two trips, however over our […]
UOL Hotspot – David Wilson Library
Like a lot of university students, I spend A LOT of time in the library either revising, writing essays or even just searching the shelves for books which might help me! I always spent a lot of time in my school library during sixth form doing work during my free periods, but the library at […]
Rest, Play and Dissertation?
Many students (like myself) struggle to balance working, resting and having a social life during the semester, but this seems to have become even harder now that summer has arrived! I didn’t seem to have this problem last year because I wasn’t really assigned to do anything over the summer in first year… but […]
2/3 of the way!
Just over a week into our university’s exam period, I am lucky enough to be completely finished with my second year exams and assignments. Funnily enough, I am now actually struggling to find things to be doing with my free time! And so, I am going to take some time to reflect upon some […]
Employment Opportunities
One of the biggest concerns of many prospective and current students is whether or not they can afford to attend university. The answer is yes. Whether you can get by on student loans and money kindly donated to you from the bank of Mum and Dad, or whether you need to subsidise your income […]
Organisation Is Key
If you’re anything like me, you might get completely stressed out if you don’t have everything planned out ahead of you. I have never been great at keeping to set-out times, but I do like to make a list of everything I have to do in a day, in order to make sure that […]
FAQ’s
As a student ambassador, there are quite a few questions which I regularly get asked on Open Days and Offer Holder Days. For potential students of the university who may not have thought of these during their visit, or for those people who have not been able to come and visit the university for […]
Varsity 2019
As some of you may know, Varsity is a big part of any university, and our Varsity competition is always against De Montfort University. This year, I had a few friends who were taking part in the Ultimate Frisbee Varsity, so a load of us went along to watch and support them, and I […]
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