As said in a previous post (Differences between college and school, point number 7), college somehow does seem to drain your money very quickly. Last time I mentioned a number of things your money gets spent on: travel fairs, food, notebooks and general shopping in […]

Hi everyone! This week I thought I would give you 8 tips on how to manage and save your money. At university, everyone’s financial status and how they like to manage their money is different.  I am one of those students whose loan doesn’t cover […]

As some of you will know, I recently moved into my very own first apartment! (YAY) It was a very big step to move out and live completely alone, but I am LOVING it so far. My apartment is not completely finished, but I thought […]

Hi everyone, I know it seems a little early to be talking about assignments but as term has started and lectures are in full swing, you might begin to get assignment briefs from your lecturers. This means you should be starting to work on them. […]

Hello everyone!   This week I’m going to be talking about the advantages and disadvantages of having a job at university. Before I start on the list, I thought I’d give you a quick overview of my experience working whilst at university. In first year […]

This week’s post is a little bit different but I thought it was very important to share. Most of you will know about Hurricane Irma and the devastation it has caused in the past week. It came to my attention that we have students within […]

Today is 22 September: the autumn equinox (when day and night are roughly the same length) and the first official day of autumn, or Fall as it’s known in the US. Like many of us, I am always up for a heated debate about what […]

Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your first week at university and didn’t get too lost! I thought that for this week I would chat to you about what I have in my uni bag. I don’t know about any of you but when […]

Starting on NVQ Level 2 this year? This is my cheat sheet for how to succeed in the first year of this course. Ok, so before starting this course you’ll think you can cook. Wrong! I thought when I started that I would be fairly […]

Hi everyone! I hope you have all enjoyed freshers week and created some amazing memories! With lectures about to start, my advice to all university students, whether first year or third year, is to get organised early. By doing this it sets you up well […]