Posted by Faheema in Sociology on December 10, 2018
It is that time of year when everyone is slowing down and gearing up for the Christmas holidays. The city centre is well lit and campus has just hosted its annual Christmas market (the best food is eaten here!). But as a third and final year student, this point of the year is basically the […]
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Posted by Faheema in Sociology on June 10, 2018
My journey here at the University of Leicester started off in clearing process and lets say it is not a decision I regret! The clearing service was so simple, straightforward and quick! During the initial phone call where the advisor just asked what course I was interested in and what grades I had achieved, I […]
Posted in Exams, Holiday, Stress | Tagged Clearing, sociology, University of Leicester |
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on March 13, 2018
So, the past few weeks has not been without disruption for myself. Compared to some of peers studying other subject, us sociology students had the many ‘cancelled’ lecture, seminars and open office hours. For instance, out of my nine contact hours in the week six of those hours were ‘cancelled’. But, I guess this will […]
Posted in Friends, Money, Stress, Studying | Tagged staff, Strikes, Students
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on February 17, 2018
If you’re not aware but many university staff members, mainly teaching staff, are going on strike from this coming week. The dates they are striking are: Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd February Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th & Wednesday 28th February Monday 5th, Tuesday 6th, Wednesday 7th & Thursday 8th March Monday 12th, Tuesday 13th, Wednesday […]
Posted in Money, Stress, Studying | Tagged Money, Strikes, University of Leicester
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on February 5, 2018
If I was to be asked if I had any bad habits it would be that I drink too much coffee. My day does not start without it and my day is not complete till I’ve consumed at least another two cups from my morning fix. With the university being so centrally located, it is […]
Posted in City, Friends, Leisure, Stress | Tagged Coffee, leicester
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on November 16, 2017
“4 weeks till Christmas Faheema” is what I keep telling myself as soon as I wake up. I was under the illusion that second year would not be that different to first year but the first half of semester one was an eye opener to say the least. Not saying that first year is a […]
Posted in Essay, Exams, Friends, Holiday, Revision, Stress, Studying | Tagged Holidays, stress, study
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on October 17, 2017
Now that I am fully settled in to second year, I look back at my first year and wish I had done so much differently! It’s very common during first year to be very eager towards your studies, which is a very good thing. But what I wish I had done last year is split […]
Posted in Stress, Studying | Tagged advice, Freshers
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on July 10, 2017
When I initially applied for universities while at college, I was dead set on moving out which meant I ended up firming a university in London as my first choice. However, as the year progressed I realised that I wasn’t actually ready to move out. So, when results came round I had to contact universities […]
Posted in Exams, Stress | Tagged Clearing, sociology
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on May 15, 2017
“So, what exactly do you with all the free time you have?” – This is a question I have been asked over the year on many occasions and to be honest, I am starting to get pretty annoyed. I am fully aware that during the teaching periods us sociology students have very few contact hours […]
Posted in Essay, Exams, Holiday, Revision, Stress
Posted by Faheema in Sociology on November 25, 2016
2 weeks till the end of the first semester!!! How quickly has time flown by?! It was only two months ago that I was writing my pre freshers blog post. Here we are with two weeks to go till the Christmas holidays (so thats 12 lectures and 6 seminars). But the end of the semester […]
Posted in Essay, Health, Leisure, Sport, Stress | Tagged christmas, Deadlines, essays, Gym
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