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 […]
Features | 'I went into labour the night before my exam'
Trying to stay on top of deadlines is difficult for many students, but even more so with a baby to look after. This week LS talks to Kathleen Van Geete, a mother of two, about […]
Blogs | Five Reasons Why Parents Are The Best Students
1/ We will never be late to a lecture because we have ‘overslept’. ‘Oversleeping’ is an alien concept. A lie in is something we have only heard about in fiction. We seem to have a […]
Blogs | Why Are You Here?
When you start any course of study there is the inevitable ‘Now, let’s go around in a circle and find out a little about you – what you have done and why are you here?’ […]
Blogs | The Extra Mature Fresher
If you were looking very carefully during the hyper hustle and boozy bustle of Fresher’s week you may have noticed me, fighting my way through the excited energetic flurry of fresh faced nimble undergraduates. You […]