So, after a term of terrifying inductions, new pressures and first term deadlines, it’s finally the end of the year. As the first holiday of this new year at UCB, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. So for this blog […]

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well and enjoyed the snow last week – I know I did. The inner child came out of me – I had snowball fights with my housemates and built a snowman with straw hair and arms! With the […]

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well! I have planned to write to you about my winter essentials and due to having a crazy busy week I am currently writing this on a cold Friday morning whilst looking at a blanket of snow on […]

As we are now halfway through the year you may be finding that the halls/shared housing life isn’t for you. That is perfectly fine. I lived in halls in my first year and shared housing in my second. It wasn’t until final year that I […]

Hi everyone, This is going to be my last blog post before Christmas, so I thought I’d use it to reflect on the first semester of my final year. Things I’ve enjoyed this semester: Making new friends: in September I moved in with new housemates […]

In the age of technology, it’s a wonder teenager’s eyes aren’t square by now as all we do night and day is look at screens. However, screens can be a great utensil for learning, and the life and learning of us chefs has, in turn, […]

Happy Advent everyone! I hope you’ve got your stockings hung, tree lit and mince pies baking because the holiday season has officially begun. It’s the 1st of December, and in an ideal world, you’ve opened a window of your advent calendar and tasted that first […]

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well and feeling Christmassy now that it is finally December.  For this week’s blog post I thought that I would talk to you about how to make my favourite meal – my dad’s special pasta. My dad is […]

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) board and committee event as a Student Ambassador for UCB. It was a wonderful experience. I had the opportunity to connect with not only like-minded university students from across the world, but […]

Hello everyone, and happy December! On Thursday night I went to a carol service. I don’t know if something was put in the mince pies, but it hit me with a sudden wave of Christmas excitement! To celebrate the beginning of the festive season I […]