Life at UCB through the eyes of our student bloggers

Month: March 2021

My return to University College Birmingham

My return to University College Birmingham

Hi everyone, how are you? As lockdown restrictions start to ease, this saw my return to University College Birmingham after a whole year had gone by! A whole year apart from my friends and a whole year of online lectures. As restrictions ease, this means […]

World Bipolar Day 2021

World Bipolar Day 2021

Hi everyone, hope you are doing well! World Bipolar Day (WBD) is celebrated each year on 30 March, so I thought I would talk a little bit about the bipolar disorder and raise awareness of this. Before I start writing and before you guys start reading, […]

Lockdown, one year on!

Lockdown, one year on!

It has been a whole year in lockdown, which is crazy, sad and still quite surreal, but we’ve officially looped around. When we first went into lockdown, I remember being really stressed to leave the house at all and felt like I was struggling all […]

Effects of exercise on mental health

Effects of exercise on mental health

Hello friends! 🙂 Welcome back to another post. You all already know I love me some mental health content. That’s why today I decided to talk a bit about the effects of physical exercise on your mental health. Everyone knows physical exercise is extremely important […]

How to create the perfect working environment while working from home

How to create the perfect working environment while working from home

Happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all OK. As we’re all stuck indoors more than ever right now, I though I’d share exactly how I create for myself the perfect working environment while working from home. This all starts with creating the perfect desk space. Now, […]

Entering the entrepreneurial world…

Entering the entrepreneurial world…

Hi everyone, hope you’re doing well! Last week, I shared my top TedTalks with you, so I hope you had a chance to listen to some of them! But to start from the beginning, let me explain why I actually started watching TedTalks, because a […]

Census 2021

Census 2021

This week in my student house, we received our code to complete the census (alongside the alarming threat of being fined a grand if we did not). So like the good citizen I am, I filled it out as did my housemates. But it did […]

The best lasagne recipe ever!

The best lasagne recipe ever!

Hello everyone! 😊 Welcome back to a new post. As most of you know I’m a huge fan of international cuisine, and I love cooking and baking. This week I’m bringing you my delicious lasagne recipe – this recipe is so easy to make and full […]

Uprising Environmental Leadership Programme

Uprising Environmental Leadership Programme

Hello again! I hope you’ve been keeping busy during the lockdown. Whether it be exercising, baking, reading or even taking on a new course online! Have you ever heard of Uprising? They believe that young people are uniquely placed to change the world, therefore they provide […]

How to stay positive through a pandemic

How to stay positive through a pandemic

Hi everyone,  As we all know, we’re now heading for a year of lockdown restrictions and life through a pandemic. I know it’s not just me that’s finding this time round a lot harder, simply because it feels like we’ve been here for so long!! I […]