Life at UCB through the eyes of our student bloggers

Month: September 2019

Into the Semester

Into the Semester

Hi guys, Recently I went for sushi, so I wanted to share with you some of my favourite ‘all you can eat’ buffets around Birmingham, where you can eat as much as you want. I am sure that these would satisfy your appetites, and they can be […]

Clothes Shopping on a Student Budget

Clothes Shopping on a Student Budget

Hey everyone! I hope that you’re beginning to enjoy Birmingham and managing to find your way around the city (for those that are not familiar with Brum). I’m guessing that by now you’re settling nicely into your accommodation and student budgets have been planned? No?! I […]

Enrolment Week

Enrolment Week

Hello, hello, hello everyone!!!! How are you? Are you already enrolled? Or about to be enrolled at UCB? I hope you are as excited as me to start uni. I am starting my second year, and I hope it is as good as last year. […]

Indecisive about joining? Don’t be nervous, be excited!

Indecisive about joining? Don’t be nervous, be excited!

Hello again!!! 🙂 Have you already enrolled and are due to start your university course soon? Or are you still undecided and are thinking about joining us in January? I can imagine you are pretty nervous… I know I was when I started university! However, […]

Food is Life

Food is Life

Hey guys. This week I thought I’d share my secrets to cooking as a uni student. As an aspiring chef, I’ll even throw in a recipe at the bottom. For the freshers, this may give you some insight to meal budgeting and reducing instant meals. There are […]

Healthy Body…Healthy Mind…Healthy Student!

Healthy Body…Healthy Mind…Healthy Student!

Hey everyone and welcome to university! I hope you’re settling in well and if your course hasn’t officially started yet, I hope that you’re getting on OK with uni preparations. So you can probably tell from some of my previous blogs that I enjoy health and wellbeing type […]

Language Opportunities

Language Opportunities

Hello! Ciao! Konnichiwa! Have you ever wanted to learn another language? Do you already speak several languages and understand how valuable it is? Would you like to increase your employability opportunities? Would you like to be able to understand what your bilingual friends talk about? Or would […]

Save money on your room essentials

Save money on your room essentials

Hey guys, I hope you are enjoying Freshers’ Week, and since most of the students are starting to settle down in their new houses or dorms, you have been asking me where to buy stuff for your room really cheap. Here are some tips. This […]

Ready for the academic year 2019/20?

Ready for the academic year 2019/20?

Hello, hello, hello, everyone!!! I hope you are ready for a new academic year. A year full of new experiences. I am, with my arms wide open to give this year a big, massive hug!!! What about you? Are you ready and excited for 2020???? […]

World Sepsis Day 2019 – Read My Story!

World Sepsis Day 2019 – Read My Story!

Generally I find that these topics can be difficult to digest, but as it’s World Sepsis Day tomorrow (13 September), I wanted to show my support for this awareness day. Read on as I share my own sepsis story. What is sepsis? If you’ve heard about ‘sepsis’ […]