- November 8, 2017
- Gemma Callaghan
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.
Category: Student Life
- November 7, 2017
- Haleema Khokhar
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.
- November 6, 2017
- Gemma Callaghan
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.
- November 5, 2017
- George Moss
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!
- November 5, 2017
- Emily Hillman
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).
- November 4, 2017
- Rebecca Miller
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.
- November 4, 2017
- Haleema Khokhar
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.
- November 3, 2017
- Haleema Khokhar
It can be difficult to keep your head down and study at uni with all the distractions and temptations waiting to catch you out. These come in many forms: TV, social media and friends who know they should let you study but also want you to come out to another fancy dress party.
- November 2, 2017
- Gemma Callaghan
Starting university and worried about making friends? It can be daunting leaving friends and family behind for the big, bad world of university.
- November 2, 2017
- Alice Hiley
It’s moving day and you can barely see out of the window of your parents’ car for boxes, bags and bedding. Then you move into your flat and realise that ten of you have brought the exact same tin opener, and that your room is full of things you’ve never used or worn since Year 8.
