Leicester

Don’t (Type-) B Negative

Posted by Holly in English on October 15, 2018

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 […]

Posted in Health, Volunteering | Tagged blood donation, helping people, Leicester, NHS

Final April

Posted by Khadija in English on March 31, 2017

So this year is my final year at the University of Leicester, and I will be taking my final exams (at least for this degree) in May and after that, I’ll be going back to London. And it’s just hit me that this will be my last 2 and a half months in Leicester and […]

Posted in City, Exams, Future | Tagged Bradgate Park, city, Leicester, Richard III, Space Centre

The Library

Posted by Khadija in English on December 23, 2016

The library has and will always be my favourite part of the University of Leicester. It was opened in 2008 by the Queen herself and the Duke of Edinburgh. Especially during the last week and a half, the library has been a home for me. I have spent for time awake in the library than […]

Posted in Studying | Tagged Essay, Exams, Leicester, Library, Stress, University

Back in Leicester

Posted by Khadija in English on September 24, 2016

So I’ve been in Leicester for almost a week and I’m so glad to be back. I’ve missed Leicester more than I originally thought. Leicester is so beautiful, the city centre is full of cute little boutiques hidden in little streets. And there’s so many healthy food places that were not here during my second […]

Posted in City | Tagged city, David Wilson, fish, Food, fruits, high cross, Leicester, Library, market, meat, vegetables

Leicester Bound

Posted by Khadija in English on September 16, 2016

So it’s that time of the year again where I have to start preparing for uni, and in a few days’ time I’ll be in Leicester. I’ve already bought all my stationary, taken all my kitchen utensils out of the shed in the backyard, bought most of my books from the reading list of my […]

Posted in City | Tagged city, Final Year, HighCross, Leicester, paternoster, ready

What’s on for Leicester’s English students?

Posted by Laura M in English on October 17, 2015

Leicester’s Literary Festival aims to bring the best of literature to Leicester for one week only. It’s a week which is jam packed with exciting workshops and performances from the writers of today. There is such a diverse range of events to offer, so, whether you’re just interested in literature or study it, it’s a great […]

Posted in City, Leisure, Reseach, Studying | Tagged 50 foot women, apocalypse and exile, battle of waterloo, caryl phillips, concepts to criticism, creative writng, diary, English, exciting, fantasy fiction, Festival, jack the ripper, james joyce, jamie mollary, Leicester, lewis carroll, literary festival, louis de bernieres, performances, samuel pepys, the story of alice, University, unlearning childhoods, workshop, writers, writing women, young writers

Week one @TheRiverGroup

Posted by Laura M in English on August 4, 2015

So, that’s week one of my summer Internship done – and, it’s been a busy week! Situated at the end of Oxford Street and the opening to Hyde Park makes The River Group the perfect location for my first internship in London. When I arrived at their offices, I was met by ads manager Mel […]

Posted in Career, City, Employment, Exams, Friends, Future, Graduation, Health, Internship, Leisure, News, Placement, Reseach, Studying, Volunteering, Work | Tagged Bus, editor, English, Facebook, followers, following, Food, graduate, health, Instagram, job, Leicester, likes, London, magazines, news, pinterest, popularity, press release, publisher, research, river group, rivergroup, sales, social media, Student, suit, team, train, Travel, tube, twitter, University, week one, Work Experience

Goodbye

Posted by victoria in English on July 28, 2015

Hello everyone 🙂 It’s time for me to say goodbye- I’ve graduated from Leicester and I have a BA under my belt, so no more student blogging for me! (Probably). I will be staying on at Leicester studying an MA in Modern Literature and I found out last week that I’ve been awarded a scholarship […]

Posted in Future | Tagged BA, English, Leicester, MA, Modern Literature, Postgrad, Undergrad, University of Leicester

De Montfort Hall, where the ceremony takes place

So now I am a ‘Graduand’

Posted by victoria in English on July 11, 2015

Today in the post I received my tickets for graduation, which means it’s 100% happening! Although each student is allocated 2 tickets for the graduation ceremony you can apply for up to 4, which I was lucky enough to get. So my sisters will be able to come into De Montfort Hall, where the ceremony […]

Posted in Graduation, Uncategorized | Tagged Degree, Education, Graduation, Leicester, University of Leicester

Heidelberg- sliiightly prettier than Leicester!

Studying English in Deutschland

Posted by victoria in English on May 26, 2015

Most people seem to be in the thick of exams at the moment, me included, so I thought in this post I’d talk about happier days! I wanted to bring to your attention the fact that the English department offers the chance to go on a year abroad. I decided to go, so I spent […]

Posted in Erasmus | Tagged Erasmus, Germany, Heidelberg, Leicester, Study Abroad