Category: Student Life

One minute you’re laughing with the sales assistant about how many shoes you’ve bought. The next, you’re walking out the store with a shiny new bit of plastic that you didn’t plan to get.

And it’s finally here. The last students have finished packing their bags, the car parks are empty and the student halls resonate with something you never thought you’d hear: silence.

Insomnia can be a real pain, especially when the anxieties and stresses of the day leave you hoping for a good night's sleep. You can lie for hours on end hoping to drift off, only to find negative thoughts circulating your head making you even more tense.

We all need to blow off steam once in a while, and the holidays are the perfect time to do just that. You get to see friends and family, catch up and celebrate. But before you know it, it’s the New Year and you’re straight into exam season.

Whether you skip the 9AM lecture and sleep in till noon, or avoid arranging work meetings till you’ve had your third cup of coffee, not being a morning person can seriously suck.

As is always the case with uni life, the underlying problem is money. If 80% of students worry about even managing to put bread on the table, how are they going to fund them first few dates?

Drinking isn't an essential part of the uni experience. Still, for the majority of students, nights out are a huge stretch on their budget. Students spend as much as £200 on drink in Freshers’ Week alone.

After three years enjoying the relative freedom of university, those apron strings are about to be re-tied. Here are some of the most common frustrations for students living at home.