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Month: October 2015

Autumn Festivals of Lights

Autumn Festivals of Lights

The autumn season is well under way, and I absolutely love it. Cosy clothes, delicious hot food, carving pumpkins, keeping warm by a bonfire, chocolate apples, sparklers, fluffy socks and pretty fireworks lighting up the sky are some of the reasons why autumn is awesome. […]

Exploring Grand Central

Exploring Grand Central

Birmingham’s coolest new shopping centre, Grand Central, has been open for almost a month, and up until a few days ago, I had spent all of five minutes in there. So yesterday I had an afternoon to myself and decided to take my GoPro along, […]

A Healthy Mentality?

A Healthy Mentality?

We’re now almost halfway into the semester… already!  I’ve seen a few stressed faces walking around UCB this week, most likely due to deadline clouds lingering in the air.  It was also World Mental Health Day last Saturday, which got me thinking about anxiety (one of the prominent […]

Erasmus Generation

Erasmus Generation

How does studying, living and exploring a whole different country (that counts towards to your degree) sound to you? If this is appealing, then you may want to consider applying for the Erasmus+ programme! UCB have lots of partnerships with universities around Europe in destinations such as […]

ITBM Year 1 Roundup

ITBM Year 1 Roundup

Hey guys! How is everyone settling into the semester? We’ve only been back such a short space of time and I’m already wading knee-deep in assignments and projects! All fun in the end though, right? My modules this semester are Tourism Investigations, Tourism Operations and […]