
How Coldplay will help me remember Leicester
As all good things must come to an end, so too must a very mediocre University blog. But before I leave you all, I would like to share a final message about what I’ve learnt at University and my time living in Leicester…through the medium of noughties alternative rock music. So I’m guessing that […]

5 years later…
“You couldn’t have picked a worse a day for it” was something I heard quite a lot on my graduation day. Not that the rain could put a damper (literally) on what was a special day for everyone, but an hour of nice weather would’ve been appreciated. And not since a childhood picture of me […]
“…the numbers, Mason!” (Part 2)
In the last post we talked about how we normally engage with Maths in terms of media portrayal and social media interaction. But if we look at the research going on right here at the University, we can see the impression a great passion for Maths can leave. Dr Sibylle Schroll (one of the […]
Nomads of Leicester
“Well we’ve got lectures in the Attenborough and Engineering building in the morning, and then a seminar later on in the Bennett Building”… This is pretty standard for us so you’ll often see groups of Maths students wandering aimlessly around campus, trying to work out where their next teaching session is. So I thought, […]
Dances with Medics
That’s right, it’s another corker of a title. Anyway, as a once starry-eyed medic, most of my friends in first year were also on my course, so naturally I’ve spent most of my time in Leicester living with medical students. So I thought I should share my wisdom and findings with the world as I’ve […]
Master and Remainder (Part 2)
And we’re back! It’s been a while since my last post but it’s a new year, so it’s a new chance for me to promise a lot and deliver a little. So after part 1, I was bunkered down in the library. I have occasionally managed to surface, where I’ve realised the challenges a […]

Leicester 101
Welcome everyone to the first of (hopefully) many blog posts! Firstly let’s give a big hand to last year’s blogger Lois for doing a great job for the department and we wish her the best of luck as she begins studying her MSc in France. Now, there’s a little bio at the bottom of the […]
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