Life at UCB through the eyes of our student bloggers

Tag: Inspiration

Winter is coming

Winter is coming

Hello people, Recently the weather has been quite wet and cold. Hopefully this post is not too late!  I want to suggest some of the places to buy wet weather essentials in the city centre. In the coming months, the winds can get quite strong. […]

World Mental Health Day and Student Suicide Prevention

World Mental Health Day and Student Suicide Prevention

Hey everyone, I hope you’re enjoying your course. I’m just a couple of weeks into my course and it’s looking good so far! We were given the information booklet about the course content and units and I immediately started to dread the assignment work that is heading my way. It’s yet […]

Clothes Shopping on a Student Budget

Clothes Shopping on a Student Budget

Hey everyone! I hope that you’re beginning to enjoy Birmingham and managing to find your way around the city (for those that are not familiar with Brum). I’m guessing that by now you’re settling nicely into your accommodation and student budgets have been planned? No?! I […]

Language Opportunities

Language Opportunities

Hello! Ciao! Konnichiwa! Have you ever wanted to learn another language? Do you already speak several languages and understand how valuable it is? Would you like to increase your employability opportunities? Would you like to be able to understand what your bilingual friends talk about? Or would […]

Summer style

Summer style

Going into summer I thought I should show you some bits that I’ve recently purchased going into the warmer months! These are all things that you can mix and match and throw a jacket over… not quite ready for dresses and skirts just yet! If […]

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

So recently, I got to go see Les Misérables at the Hippodrome, Birmingham. As a theatre lover, I’ve done a few posts about different shows I’ve seen, such as Wicked or The Wizard of Oz, and I’ve always said if I had more disposable income, going to […]

WOW!

WOW!

Well, I know what you’re thinking… it is such a vague title, what do I mean by wow? What is this post about? I could say it is about everything, to be honest. Everything that left me speechless during the last year, and my hopes […]

You can’t win them all

You can’t win them all

This week I just wanted to touch on something that I believe needs to be spoken about more widely. My little sister has just finished her GCSEs and to say the experience for her was traumatic is an understatement. This brought back memories for me […]

Future plans – becoming an entrepreneur

Future plans – becoming an entrepreneur

Ever since I was a little girl I always knew I wanted to be my own boss. Both of my parents had their own businesses and I grew up watching them build those businesses. I saw that they had the power to do whatever they […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Hello everyone, and happy December! On Thursday night I went to a carol service. I don’t know if something was put in the mince pies, but it hit me with a sudden wave of Christmas excitement! To celebrate the beginning of the festive season I […]