Life at UCB through the eyes of our student bloggers

Month: April 2020

How to Create a Good Learning Space at Home

How to Create a Good Learning Space at Home

Hey everyone. How are you getting on with your studies? Well, for me, heading out the door once a week for my evening course at University College Birmingham used to be the ‘norm’ and it was just right for me. I looked forward to being in the […]

Tasty Recipes

Tasty Recipes

  Hello, hello, hello, everyone!!! How are you? This week I thought of sharing some tasty recipes that I have found quite easy and simple to make. 1. Basmati rice with vegetables. Ingredients: Basmati rice (I normally add like three handfuls per person) 1 or 2 […]

Placement experience (UCB)

Placement experience (UCB)

Hi everyone! Today I thought I would talk a bit about my placement year as I have recently ended my work placement at Caviar & Chips as part of my Culinary Arts Management degree. The work placement is really an essential part of the degree. I got […]

Quick and Simple Meals

Quick and Simple Meals

Hello! I hope you’re well! As we are all hopefully social distancing and staying in our houses, maybe it would be nice to have a look at some recipes and get practising some quick, easy meals in preparation for when you go back to normal everyday life. […]

My Quarantine Kitchen

My Quarantine Kitchen

I love cooking. The smells, the flavour and of course, the nutrition – it just makes me happy! And one thing that I’m thankful for during this quarantine is that I get to spend a bit more time in the kitchen. Okay, don’t get me […]

A Different Easter

A Different Easter

Hello, hello, hello, everyone!!! I hope you are well. This week I would like to share with you all how I normally celebrate Easter and how other countries celebrate it. As most of you know I come from Gibraltar, which is an overseas British territory, […]

World Autism Awareness Day

World Autism Awareness Day

Hi again everyone! I hope you’re all coping well and are taking good care of yourselves and your families amid the lockdown. Today I thought I would talk a little about World Autism Awareness Day which was on 2 April. With the pandemic going on […]

YOU can make a difference – prevent plastic pollution with AWdF

YOU can make a difference – prevent plastic pollution with AWdF

Hello, how are you? This pandemic lockdown has shown us that nature and planet Earth can thrive beautifully without us human beings interfering. Please watch this TED talk to find out David Katz’s solution to plastic pollution It is SO important that we realise, we do not […]

Mindful Matters

Mindful Matters

Hey everyone, I hope you’re all doing well. Today, I just wanted to talk about mental wellbeing while staying at home, because I believe that it’s vital and contributes to our physical and emotional health. The last few weeks have been hectic because my family’s whole […]

The Importance of the Little Things

The Importance of the Little Things

Hello, hello, hello, everyone!!!! I hope you are feeling well and healthy. I understand that these days are complicated, but nevertheless I always believe there is a positive side of everything. Today I want to speak about what is really important. Those small things that, […]