Tackling your workload over Christmas break
December 16, 2019
You just know you’re getting close to Christmas break when Nottingham’s Christmas market is back and lecturers are letting loose a bit. And what a wonderful time of year it is! The food markets are back and busy, the Christmas trees are up and you’ve made it through yet another semester. However, adulthood waits for …
The Juggling Student: Maintaining a Work-Life Balance Over Easter Break
April 11, 2017
Work-life balance. I think I speak for every student out there when I say that we’ve all been plagued by those words before. It’s the dreaded balance between work and play; between due dates and dinner dates. The concept is seemingly hardest to grasp now that we’re a week into Easter break. For those of …
I’m a 4th Year Medical Student
July 12, 2012
Hello, How’s your holidays so far? I hope you guys are having fun and doing lots of wonderful activities with your family and friends. I on the other hand, have now become a 4th Year Medical student this Monday. My first attachment is Obstetrics and Gynaecology (learning about pregnancy and conditions relating to female reproductive …
It’s the beginning of my 2 week holiday!
June 21, 2012
Hello readers! I am currently writing to you all the way from Edinburgh. Yeap, I’m currently on my 2 week holiday before the start of my 4th year. This week has been a rigorous week for all 3rd year medical students as we faced our final examination of the year. It began on Monday with …
The Last 10 Credits
June 1, 2012
As of 2.30pm this afternoon I have officially completed my undergraduate degree. As the final minutes of the exam ticked away and I frantically wrote my concluding sentences I realised these were the last sentences I would write in the last ten credits of my degree. They were related to culture and power relations and …
Eight Days and Counting…
May 24, 2012
So this is it…I am 8days away from completing the final 20 credits of my degree (Each year of your degree is made up on 120credits and my final two years have a 50:50 weighting on my final grade). It’s crunch time, that crazy, hazy, in-the-zone, reach the goal mentality that I feel only finalists …
Dissertation Drudgery
March 29, 2012
So term is winding down and it’s nearly time for a much needed break…except that in reality this Easter holiday (which I return home for tomorrow) will continue the mundane routine of dissertation, dissertation, dissertation. To liven things up a bit, I might just throw in a couple of days worth of Revision to really …
Student life on social
