Going to university is scary, and moving away from loved ones is even scarier. Love is the most potent emotion we know as humans. Absence is one of those things that test the love we have, like a flower it either blooms in the adversity […]

You may have noticed the use of service animals becoming more common for people with mental health issues. I felt like talking about this because I recently identified that it was, in fact, the adoption of my cat that brought me out of my depression […]

Hello everyone, I absolutely love films- I have done since I was little. I love the feeling of escaping to another world, and getting attached to characters. I think its amazing that films have the power to be able to make me cry over people/events […]

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well, and looking forward to summer holidays. The past year, I feel I have grown so much. I have learnt more about myself during second year than I ever have before. With this new feeling of change in […]

Hello everyone,   This week is national vegetarian week, so I thought I would talk about my personal experience with vegetarianism.   Since my first year of uni I have used soya mince instead of beef, and in first year that was mostly because I […]

Hi everyone! I hope you are all well and aren’t too stressed over exams and deadlines. Luckily for me, all my exams and deadlines have finished! OMG I can not believe my second year at University College Birmingham has finished! Wow, that’s gone fast… I […]

As I am writing this post I still have post-presentation nerves flowing through me. Today marks the end of a wild ride. I have completely finished all of my university work! Now just to wait until July when I find out how well I did… […]

Birmingham is a big city and the nation’s second city. It isn’t considered rural, or beautiful, and with poverty, high crime rates and lots of underdeveloped areas, it’s hard to find any tranquility in this metropolitan bustle. So out of everywhere in the city centre, […]

Hello everyone, I hope you’ve been enjoying the wonderful weather we’ve been having recently. This past weekend was my first weekend of (almost) freedom! I’ve had my last lecture and handed all but one assignment in (which is just a video upload). I can’t quite […]

We are fast approaching summer! Deadlines and exams are nearly all over and it’s time to start thinking about what you’re going to do with your free time over the holidays. I’m not talking about goals like getting a summer job etc, but things that […]