I want to start by saying happy Spring! The weather has been so lovely this past week and I love it. It makes me feel happier and more productive. That’s a great thing because Spring also seems to be my busiest time of year! My […]

My year group has just finished their four-work placement and it will be great to catch up with each other and find out about our different experiences back in uni. Many courses at University College Birmingham include a work placement – from a day to […]

So, two years ago, we were at the beginning of lockdown! I can’t work out if I feel like it’s been ages or not. On one hand, it feels like lockdown was a whole lifetime ago, but on the other hand it feels like these […]

Those first photographs to emerge from the seabed, some two miles beneath the ice floes of Antarctica, were simply stunning, and put us all in touch with a lost world. What am I talking about? The first glimpse of Endurance for more than 100 years […]

Today is the first day of Reading Week and let’s be honest, not many of us will be doing much reading… well, academic reading! I don’t know about you, but reading is actually a major hobby of mine. I find it really calming to get […]

Don’t you just hate it when someone chirps up: “Every day is a school day”? If school was your own worst nightmare, it really is not very encouraging. So I am not going to say it. Instead, I am going to tell you about five […]

I remember in my first year of uni, March was the month I struggled for money the most. The next loan wasn’t due until April and I had ran out of savings! One thing I was shocked about when I came to uni was how […]

How many times will you wear an item of clothing? And after buying it, how long before it is sent to the charity shop or put in the bin? Now try to be honest! I ask because I am struggling to digest statistics from writer […]