I come from another country, another culture, another kind of studies. Now I am 35, and it took me more than a decade and two long-term illnesses (type 1 diabetes and Hashimoto thyroiditis) to change my path. Honestly, I would like to get rid at […]

With lectures starting next week, I thought I would take the opportunity to give you some advice and tips, so you get the most out of your lectures and are prepared. I always feel mixed about lectures starting again – on one hand, I’m sad […]

As a Professional Chef student, one of my first blogs just has to be about food. Whether you live to eat or eat to live, we all need food to fuel our bodies and keep us in tip-top condition for what life has to throw […]

As promised earlier this month, I’m here to write to you about other facilities in our University, starting with the Kick-Start Scheme, as I want to illustrate everything you can do with that. In my first year, I didn’t know about these things as the […]

Now that we’re coming to the end of September, it’s time for uni to begin! But first is enrolment week. Lots happens during enrolment week. Some of it is optional, some mandatory, however I suggest getting involved in as much as possible because it’s a […]

So what DID you do in the summer holidays? Oh, how I hated that first essay back at school. You would have thought teachers could come up with something better than that, but then again, isn’t it the first question you ask your fellow students […]

Hiyaaaa! A new year is going to start, and we are all excited and worried about it. I am writing about studying in this part of the year because you won’t have time to read it when the time to study arrives. First thing: the […]

With Freshers starting this week, I thought I would use my weekly blog to give you some tips about going ‘out out’. After all, I did just about survive Freshers back in 2019! Clubbing, in my opinion, is the best fun and definitely one of […]

September – the season of opaque black tights – is upon us. And while many consider January as the time for resolutions and life-changing plans and actions, for me September is the time for new beginnings. There is something in the air apart from that […]

When I started studying my degree, I didn’t know everything about University College Birmingham’s facilities. The reason? I never went to an open day. I was still lucky because I could learn about them at the Graduate Advantage sessions. But there were still things I didn’t […]