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Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on June 27, 2019
Last weekend I went for a girls weekend away to Seville with some of my friends that I have met whilst at uni. We had a great weekend, filled with lots of cocktails, wine, cheese and other good food! Seville is a beautiful city, every street had a gorgeous old European vibe and we visited […]
Posted in Holiday | Tagged Final year, Seville, Spain, Travel, Travelling
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on June 24, 2019
As you know a week after my last exam I left Leicester for a few weeks of travelling and sunshine! We flew out to Bangkok for the start of a couple of weeks exploring Thailand! The first night we stayed in Bangkok in an amazing hotel which was very snazzy as a celebration of me […]
Posted in Holiday | Tagged Final year, Holiday, Thailand, Travel, Travelling
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on May 27, 2019
On Monday I finished my last final year exam. Its been a long year and lot of hard work, let’s hope it all pays off when results day comes around in a few weeks. As I’m sure you can guess I’ve spent the last week celebrating and its been a lot of fun! […]
Posted in Exams, Uncategorized | Tagged celebrations, Cocktails, End of exams, Final year, Friends, meal out, O2
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on May 2, 2019
This Wednesday was Sports Awards, which is basically a ball which celebrates the achievements of Team Leicester sports clubs and their members over the year. It’s an excuse to have a break from the revision and get dressed up!! It’s held at the Athena in town, so we all met at our social […]
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Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on April 30, 2019
If you are part of a club or society the chances are you’ve been to Caddyshackers for a social this term! But if not then read on to find out a bit more about Leicester’s new crazy golf venue! Caddyshackers is an 18 hole mini golf course for over 18s, located on Calais Hill […]
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Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on April 24, 2019
Revision, revision, revision. That’s a pretty accurate summary of my life currently. It’s that time of year when most students are busy with exam prep and deadlines. So how should you make this time as productive as possible? 1) Pick where you revise best: its easy to want to revise in bed but lets […]
Posted in Revision | Tagged Exams, Final year, library, Revision, studying
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on April 22, 2019
Last week I was on my final field trip of my degree for the third year behavioural ecology module!! We went to Slapton in Devon for a week and stayed a field work centre there. We arrived on the friday and had a short introduction talk about what the trip would entail, before having […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Behavioural ecology, Devon, Easter, field trip, Third year
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on March 25, 2019
In the last couple of months I’ve been to San Carlo twice to celebrate some of my medic friends finishing finals and for a different friends 21st! So I thought I’d write a post about my experience of the restaurant! Located on Granby Street, this is one of a chain of restaurants with several […]
Posted in Leisure | Tagged Eating out, Food, Italian, Leisure, San Carlo
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on March 18, 2019
Located on Francis St this is one of my favourite cafés in Leicester! Calling it a café is probably not correct actually, this is most definitely cake shop! In fact it is a macaron and cake boutique and it is as wonderful as it sounds! This is a tiny little shop, on the lovely […]
Posted in City | Tagged Baker Street Cakes, Cake, Eating out
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on March 16, 2019
So my final varsity at Leicester is drawing to a close and it’s been the best one yet! I finally made it to the rugby after two years of planning to and not getting there for one reason or another! It was great fun, two exciting games (especially the women’s!) and an awesome atmosphere. […]
Posted in Sport | Tagged Equestrian and Polo, Sport, Varsity
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