Get to know campus
The other day I was sat with my friend outside the library and it suddenly dawned on me that the library was called David Wilson, and another of the buildings was called Charles Wilson- were they related?! That’s when I realised how actually a lot of the buildings had interesting names, and I knew nothing […]
Campus Cuisine: Eat Drink Man Woman
After some weeks of books, I felt like talking about practical matters. I thought I’d write a post about finding basic human sustenance on the Leicester campus. Here it is. There are eight or nine prime eating joints on campus. I’ll discuss them all. Library Café — Without a doubt the most popular place to […]
The Study Abroad Fair: L’Auberge Espagnole
This is the second week I’ve acted as promoter here for an event on campus, but it’s of my own volition: the Study Abroad & Erasmus Fair is close to my heart because I’ve benefited from it not once but twice — firstly on my Erasmus year in Turin, and then on the Summer Programme […]
Back on Campus: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
After once again seeing the Leicester campus after a year spent away, what can I say has changed? Well, the university has discovered both Richard III and Richard III merchandise, the Willingales shop has disappeared, there’s a statue being built in the front of the library, Café Piazza has become exclusively vegetarian, the basement level […]
Open Days: Dead Poets Society
Thank you to all those who attended the university Open Days on the 26th and 27th of July — even I was there, and I already go to the university. Listening to what prospective English students were talking about, I’ve decided to note a few of the issues over here. One very important point is […]
Rollercoaster Paternoster
This year, I have to admit, I was looking forward to waltzing through the gaggle of anxious Freshers with the effortless ease of the experienced as I took my place on the thrill ride that is the Paternoster. The ride up to the English department on the fourteenth floor of the Attenborough Tower is the […]
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