An international student gives advice to all individuals coming to the United Kingdom for the first time. If you are reading this, you are most probably slightly terrified with the decision to move away from […]
5 Things You Should Know Starting As a Non-Traditional Student in Leeds
As a recent graduate from the University of Leeds, I have up-to-date knowledge of what it means to be a non-traditional student here. This can mean several things: you could be a mature student, a […]
Seven Lessons From First Year
Being a fresher is unlike anything else. You’ll likely experience every emotion under the sun in what feels like a year of unrelenting highs, lows and pasta bakes. But, my emotional rollercoaster as a fresher […]
Rituals That’ll Keep You Right & Help You Sleep At Night: How To Prepare For Exam Season
RSweaty palms, heart racing, anxiety festering in the pit of your stomach and a wad of paper in front of you. In a couple hours time that paper will be covered in words, your hand […]
Top 7 Tips for Helping a Friend Struggling with Mental Illness
Let’s start with the basics: Mental health is a spectrum. Everyone has mental health. Anyone’s mental health may be good or bad, or somewhere in between. Bad mental health may be temporary, but it is […]
Don’t Let S.A.D. Get You Down
Emma Prentice writes about the best ways to combat seasonal depression and seasonal affective disorder. Despite being a 30-day month, November can feel like it lasts forever. The excitement of Halloween is now behind us, […]
How to Get Over a Cold
Jessica Farmer writes about the best ways to rid yourself of the flu. As a fresher, I have already contracted numerous colds since arriving at university. Thus, below are some top tips for dealing with […]
Feeling Homesick? You’re Never Alone
When ambitiously making plans for my gap year, I decided I would start by travelling alone to Mexico. I was meeting a group for a volunteering project but had a week of staying in Playa […]
Battling Loneliness in University
A recent survey by the BBC Radio 4 has revealed that young people, including those at university, are some of the loneliest people in the country. Following this information, here are some top tips to […]
Waging the War on Food Waste
It’s that time of year again. No, not Christmas, it’s World Food Day! October 16th marks the celebration of food and he sexy topic of how to reduce food waste. While it’s become trendy to […]
Ways to maintain your friendships after Freshers Week
As a new student at Leeds, I thought it would be suitable to provide some useful tips and advice on maintaining friendships after Freshers Week. Firstly, if you are living in halls, it is […]
How not to balance part-time work with university
With the socialising, hard work and even harder partying, student life is not always easy. It’s even harder holding down a part-time job at the same time. Here are some of the things to avoid […]