Whilst the main reason to go to university is to graduate with a degree, you're also there to enjoy yourself and experience new things. Here are our top ten activities to add to your university bucket list to get the most out of your student experience.
With your uni routine in full flow and all of the trees slowly dying outside, you might be thinking: "Man, I want to get out of here!" Well, unfurl yourself from that blanket, my friend, because you've got some escape planning to do.
Universities UK has set up a new framework to help improve the wellbeing and mental health of university students. Known as Step Change, here’s what the framework involves, why it matters and how it can benefit you.
Struggling with university? Finding tertiary education too much to handle? There are many who feel the same way. One in ten students quit in their first year and there are many reasons why.
Sometimes, when you’ve got multiple essays on the go, it can be tempting to copy things without putting them into your own words. In doing so you’re committing plagiarism, something that universities across the country take very seriously.
University is very different from school or college. For one, you’re treated as a grown-up. Lecturers expect more from you and there’s more independent thought and study involved. It’s no place for messing around and chatting to your friends.
For years, students have questioned whether their first year of studying is worth it at all. Do the marks matter? Does the start of university count for anything at all? Here's a good list of reasons why your first year counts!
It’s a bit of a cliché: uni students live off pasta and ready meals, and have to Google the simplest culinary questions. While it may be cheaper to survive on a veg-less diet, sooner or later your body will be complaining about it even more than your mum would (if she knew).
Society seems to blame Millennials for just about everything. From not being able to afford houses because they've spent their deposit on avocado toast to being named the laziest generation so far, heaping opprobrium on Gen Y seems to have become a trend.
If you’re applying for a job abroad or outside your home city, chances are the Skype interview might come up. Even if the job is in your home city, you never know when a Skype interview may be part of the recruitment process.
