Processing exams and addressing social justice
So, I have just had my first final year exam and it was pretty good, I have to say. The nature of the exam (like my others to come) is to write 3 essays with an either/or dimension. To be honest, I enjoyed the module so much, that revising for it was pretty great, and […]
Hobbits and heart disease
Although the title of this blog may sound odd, I got the inspiration for this blog after some research that a University of Leicester Professor carried out recently. Professor Sir Nilesh Samani is the Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences whose recently published work adds evidence to the idea that shorter people are more […]
Importance of Vaccinations
I wish to highlight an important topic today to do with the importance of vaccination and how important it is that guardians responsible for administering their children with MMR, get the best information on vaccines. Recently, there was a news story detailing how, upon a visit to Disneyland, California, 59 people had contracted measles. These kinds of […]
#Britainneedsapayrise
Hello Blogosphere, So far, I’ve been thrown head first into dissertation research, which I really enjoy, but which takes up almost all my time. Anyway, yesterday, me and a few hundred thousand friends went to London, to protest and rally for a better standard of working in Britain. We marched from Waterloo, all around to […]
Where should I do my PhD?
I would normally assume that the person asking this question would be over 20 years of age at the very least so I was in for a surprise when I came across the story of Eugenie de Silva. At the ae of 15 she is starting a PhD. Impressive! I came across the story on […]
Student Elections
Walking around on campus I’ve noticed large hand painted signs and printed leaflets going up asking for votes for the Student Union Executive Officer Elections. I truly have little knowledge of what each position involves but do know that in somehow whatever they do means that the rest of us students have a good student […]
The royal approval
“The University of Leicester has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education”. I read that sentence on a university web page and had no idea as to what exactly the university had done to be awarded what is no doubt a prestigious award so I did some quick reading and this […]
The curse of the challenge
I found a news article following on from last week’s blog post on how so many of the University Challenge winners go on to failure. It was a rather down heartening read and one I know had been written to exaggerate how past winners have gone downhill since winning the show. It nevertheless still made […]
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