The Truth About Being a Twin at University
June 20, 2018
The Separation is Unsettling Being an identical twin, it is safe to say that moving to university caused a major lifestyle shift for me. Indeed, for the past 18 years although I had lived my life as an individual, that life had always coexisted alongside my twin sister. Despite being in different classes, friendship groups …
How To Spend These Long Summer Months
June 19, 2018
So summer is officially underway for us students, and before I give you some tips and tricks on how you should spend your time, I must apologise for my absence since my exchange ended in May (globetrotting doesn’t always allow for a great internet connection). But now I’m back – and for good! – I …
How I’m Going to Make My Summer Productive
June 17, 2018
Now that university is over until September, it is quite easy for the summer months to pass by rapidly with nothing more being achieved besides the completion of a couple of books and twice the number of boxsets. Unwilling to let this be the case and effectively sleep my summer away, I intend to make …
Baby Steps: Cooking for One
May 27, 2018
In keeping with this series, today I’ll be talking about my journey towards achieving peak ‘Master-chef’ status. Before moving to university, I rarely cooked for myself, let alone anyone else. When I did, it was to make my “signature” wrap which took about 15 minutes and honestly, tasted like a soggy £3 post night-out mess. …
My Internship Application Experience
May 23, 2018
About the Nottingham Internship Scheme Every year the Nottingham Internship Scheme takes place over the course of the summer holidays. Featuring a huge variety of local and national internship opportunities from a range of business from sectors such as business, research and engineering, almost every possible sector is covered. Internships offer you the ability to …
Baby Steps: Presenting at a National Conference
May 13, 2018
The initial part of the title may confuse those who are familiar with my blog. However, with finals coming up soon and my metaphorical creative juice supply running low, I decided to start a mini-series called ‘Baby Steps’. Over the next few weeks, I will document all the little firsts I’ve experienced in my time …
My Year Abroad – An Experience
May 12, 2018
So the academic year has officially come to a close for me on this side of the globe, and with it, I close the chapter of my wonderful year abroad – and all so soon; time has just flown by! I’ve had such an amazing, amazing experience, and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone and …
A Second Year’s Guide to Nottingham
May 9, 2018
Since it is exam season, it is pretty safe to say that this academic year is reading its final curtain. With this drawing of the strings, so too my degree gets closer to completion and I get closer to entering the real world. Thus, now that I am two thirds of the way through my …
Dissertation Chronicles: Part 2
May 6, 2018
6. Okay you’ve written quite a lot … Well done! Take a month off! Do nothing! via GIPHY 7. You’ve reread what you’ve written …. And realise you were no position to take a month off babe. This is a hot mess. A HOT mess. via GIPHY 8. Eat, sleep, diss, repeat. You’re treating this essay like …
Just Another Exam Blog: Ease The Stress
April 28, 2018
So the month of May is almost upon us and that means those exams that once seemed so far upon the horizon, are practically within reaching distance, and I for one am a bundle of nerves – as expected. Now whilst this may seem like just another exam blog, I’m not going to sit here …
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