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Warning: No graphic descriptions, but I will be describing the process of donating blood. This is a bit of a weird, niche blog post, this time around. A lot of my fellow bloggers have written some awesome posts about starting university, settling in and Freshers’ Week – they’re really interesting and entertaining, so go […]
Injecting Passion into Your Personal Statement
The dreaded time is coming around. Soon, universities will be accepting applications and that means that UCAS will be a big part of people’s lives until January. And UCAS is synonymous with… the personal statement. This is a fairly big deciding factor for universities (as well as predicted grades), when choosing to accept candidates, […]
Library (Part Two) – High-Tech
So, unsurprisingly, I’m pretty fond of the library, because I love the books, the system and the process. But that’s not the only reason: in this Part Two of my blog post, I’m going to emphasise the additional features of the University of Leicester’s library. With only a week now until the start date, […]
Library (Part One) – Bookworm
Okay, geek-confession time: I am absolutely in love with the University of Leicester’s library. As an English Literature student, I know that that is an incredible cliché statement, and could I be any more stereotypical? But it is utterly true. I’ll admit now that I’m not entirely the kind of English student who […]
Headspace
This word has probably been an apt one, for those of you who have received your A Level results, over the last couple of weeks. I always try to create a numb kind of headspace whenever I collect exam results – to avoid potential disappointment – and I’m pretty sure that I’m not alone […]
Grass
I thought I’d change things up with this blog post. While continuing with my ‘creative writing’ challenge, I decided that ‘grass’ would be an interesting word to go with. A couple of weeks ago, I spent a week in Devon, staying with my flatmates from university, and I had an incredible time. I hadn’t […]
Silver
These next few blog posts are inspired by an assignment which I was given in my Creative Writing module in first year: to inspire us to write a 1,000 word non-fiction personal essay, we were given a long list of random nouns, as a starting point. For example, I remember choosing ‘sulphur’ as my […]
Alphabetti Libretti
I was thinking about the broad range of emotions which we, as humans, experience. There are so many subsections of the central, simple emotions (happiness, sadness, anger etc), and it almost seems impossible to put each of these feelings into words. However, music provides a platform for people to release and convey these feelings – […]
My Canon of Literature
With the academic year reaching its end, I was thinking about where I was this time last year. I had just finished the last of my A Levels, revelling in the prospect of a glorious three-month-span of nothing, and brimming with nerves and excitement at the thought of starting university in September. Studying English would […]
Saying Hello Through Vogue’s 73 Questions
Hello! This first blog is an introductory one, letting you know who I am and what I’m up to. I have just finished my first year at the University of Leicester, studying English, where I lived in student accommodation. In September, I shall be going into my second year and living in a rented […]
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