Life at UCB through the eyes of our student bloggers

Month: April 2018

Life lessons

Life lessons

As I come to the end of my degree, I feel as though I have learned a lot in the past three years of university, and in life as a whole. I know a lot of you come here for advice on university life, so […]

Resorts World

Resorts World

Birmingham is a big city; there are many areas even in central Birmingham. You have the Jewellery Quarter, China Town, Digbeth and Brindley Place. A little further out you have the NEC, right by the Genting arena, this is easily accessible via the international train […]

Spring/summer essentials

Spring/summer essentials

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well and enjoyed the hot weather we had this week! I don’t know about any of you but I loved seeing the sun and feeling the warmth take over the air.  It got me thinking about some spring/summer […]

Allergy Awareness Week

Allergy Awareness Week

Hello everyone, This week has been Allergy Awareness Week. According to AllergyUK, allergy awareness week is: “Running from Monday 23rd April to Sunday 29th April, the week is designed to raise awareness of people living with allergies. This year, we will be focusing on travelling […]

Local elections 2018

Local elections 2018

Hello everyone, I hope you have had an enjoyable Easter holidays and have made the most of the sunny weather we’ve been having these past few days. This week I wanted to talk about something that I feel very passionately about: voting. On Thursday 3 […]

Have I reached my goals?

Have I reached my goals?

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well and settling back into things after Easter break. I have done a lot of thinking over Easter after my crazy rubbish time over the past two months, and really got into the idea of changing my mindset. […]

Current trends (April 2018)

Current trends (April 2018)

Hey guys! There are certain fashion trends that I am absolutely LOVING right now and I thought it would only be right to share. Tassels/Fringe So I’m kicking things off with tassels/fringe as it is my personal favourite trend right now. I think it is just […]

Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity

So even though my birthday was nearly a month ago, I still hadn’t received all my gifts. My big sister at the beginning of March had told me to save the 11th of April for my gift. With no idea where I was going and […]

Wait… I can go clubbing now?

Wait… I can go clubbing now?

So as I mentioned in my blog post a few weeks ago, I have just turned 18! With this comes freedom, maturity and much more. For this post the “much more” I’m talking about is the delight of sweaty dance floors, deafening music and overpriced […]

Stress Awareness Month

Stress Awareness Month

Hi everybody! I hope you are well and enjoying eating lots of Easter eggs! For this week’s blog post I wanted to chat to you about stress.  April is Stress Awareness Month, and I think it is something we all get or suffer from at […]