Life at UCB through the eyes of our student bloggers

Month: April 2021

What I wish I knew before starting my degree

What I wish I knew before starting my degree

Hello everyone, and welcome back to a new post by yours truly! By the way, I’m sorry for not posting anything last week. With all the stress from some assignments that I have due in the following days and a dissertation to complete, sometimes it’s […]

Stress Busting with Audrey Tang: Part 1

Stress Busting with Audrey Tang: Part 1

Hello again! How are you? Have you been enjoying the sunshine this last week? I certainly have! Last week I also attended an online session with Audrey Tang and some guest speakers who taught some really useful stress-busting tools so I thought I would share three […]

The Benefits of Sunshine

The Benefits of Sunshine

Hi everyone,  Hallelujah, hallelujah! The sun is here and not to jinx it but it looks like she’s sticking around for a while! So, let’s make the most of it and talk all things sun. It’s actually amazing how many benefits the sunshine can have […]

My year in lockdown: Looking back on 2020 – and ahead to 2021!

My year in lockdown: Looking back on 2020 – and ahead to 2021!

Hey everyone, Hope you’re doing well and enjoyed the sunshine last week! I definitely got sunburned already! As the lockdown is now officially over and we see the pubs opening up again and people back in the streets, I wanted to talk about my year […]

My dissertation is over, I’m off to the pub

My dissertation is over, I’m off to the pub

So we finally hit it: 22 April. I’ve never had such strong emotions on a Thursday before and it feels surreal. But it is gone, sent, posted and I feel so free. Different people manage their final projects extremely differently. Some ignore and cram it in […]

Shops Re-opening… #PerrieMadeMeDoIt

Shops Re-opening… #PerrieMadeMeDoIt

Hello again! How are you? I hope you are staying safe and happy! Last week, non-essential shops reopened and the mayhem began! Hundreds of fashion lovers queued up in humungous queues outside of their most loved shops. What is your favourite shop? Were you in […]

My Path to Veganism

My Path to Veganism

Happy Wednesday! An exciting blog for me this week and something I have gained so much interest in over the past 2 or 3 years!  To me, food is life (which may come as no surprise as I am the foodie bakery blogger). Since turning […]

Return to life anxieties

Return to life anxieties

Anxiety is a subject which ironically, I feel worried to talk about. When it comes to discussing mental health it’s so important to distinguish between long-term mental health disorders such as generalised anxiety disorder, depression or bipolar disorder and periods of mental struggle which we all […]

An introduction to meditation

An introduction to meditation

Hey everyone! Welcome back to a new post! 🙂 I hope you are all catching up with your assignments and completing those dissertations. I know times are stressful, especially with all the close deadlines that are coming up, therefore today I’d like to introduce you […]

My year in lockdown

My year in lockdown

Hello again! So it’s been just over a year now since the beginning of lockdown! I cannot believe some of us have been stuck indoors throughout this whole time! Have you been at home the whole time? Or are you being the brave one going […]