Posted by Munira in Media and Communication on March 31, 2016
As a late birthday celebration, I went on a four day trip to Rome. It planned out to be the perfect timing as we managed to book the little gateway during my reading week, so luckily I didn’t have classes. This was the first time my friends and I would be visiting Italy, so […]
Posted in City, Friends, Future, Holiday, Leisure, Uncategorized
Posted by Munira in Media and Communication on January 31, 2016
One of the things I love about Leicester are the many dessert parlours the city has, so I thought I would share some of my favourite places to eat cake, gelato and have a good catch up with friends. Madison’s During my first year this became the place where my friends and I would always […]
Posted in City, Friends, Leisure, Societies, Uncategorized
Posted by Munira in Media and Communication on December 30, 2015
I know I say it ever year but 2015 has flown by, to think we will be in January on Friday, that means one thing…exams dates are coming closer and closer. So here are a few tips to help you during the exam period. Take regular breaks – make sure you take a break and […]
Posted in Exams, Friends, Revision, Stress, Studying, Uncategorized
Posted by Munira in Media and Communication on December 30, 2015
One of the best things about the Christmas holidays is that most of my friends are home from university. This catch up with friends has allowed me to reflect on being a third year student so far. The key aspects of this term were: Commuting to University: So this year I decided to live at […]
Posted in Dissertation, Friends, Holiday, Reseach, Studying, Uncategorized
Posted by Munira in Media and Communication on September 27, 2015
The first week of university is really an introduction week, where all your lecturers will be giving you an insight to what the module will consist of throughout the first semester. This is the time where they will explain the importance of the handbooks for each module; this is where you will be able to […]
Posted in Friends, Future, Leisure, Societies, Studying | Tagged freshers fair
Posted by Munira in Media and Communication on September 26, 2015
For my first year at university I lived in the city living accommodation Opal Court which proved to be really convenient as it was only a 5 minute walk to university, 10 minutes to Morrisons (the largest supermarket close to the accommodation) and a 15 minutes walk to the shopping centre. Opal Court has a […]
Posted in City, Friends, Leisure, Uncategorized | Tagged Accommodation, Opal Court
Posted by Munira in Media and Communication on July 19, 2015
As I sat in the student union during my lunch break graduation week antics consumed Leicester. The smartly dressed students with their proud family members filled all areas of the campus taking in this memorable moment. For some reason it made me reflect on my university experience so far and what I have learnt. The […]
Posted in Friends, Graduation, Societies, Studying | Tagged advice, freshers fair, student union
Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on June 23, 2015
Yesterday evening, after three arduous years of studying Media and Sociology at the University of Leicester, I stuffed a car full of my personal belongings and timeless memories, as my last journey home commenced. Today, I have officially finished university and as I await my distinction results, I reflect on some wonderful memories that have […]
Posted in Friends, Future, Graduation | Tagged Communications, degree, education, finishing university, Friends, graduation, happiness, knowledge, life, life changes, Media and Sociology, University of Leicester
Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on December 8, 2014
I recently stumbled across a video – thanks to social media, which left a very powerful message ingrained inside of my head. This video entitled ‘can we auto-correct humanity’ which was created by Prince Ea, presents an incredibly persuasive, home-hitting message about the lack of control that we possess over social-media, even though we all have […]
Posted in Friends | Tagged connectivity, does social media damage our social lives, does social media enhance our social lives, Friends, life, message, powerful, reality, Social Media, social networking |
Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on November 25, 2014
Being at university, I’m at a point in my life where unfortunately most of my decisions tend to provide a parallel with my intellect (or lack of). Little instances provide us with an inkling of other peoples’ ranges of intellect also (what they read, what they speak about, what they eat). In my opinion this can be […]
Posted in Friends | Tagged class, cultural capital, intelligence, judgement, media and communications, skills, taste
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