… by Rory / from Peebles / MMath Mathematics / 5th Year (UG) I am about to enter my 5th and final year of an MMath degree, with the start of the semester only a couple of weeks away. I thought it might be interesting to cast my mind back to this time four years […]

… by Clare / from Livingston / MMath Mathematics / 3rd Year (UG) How to balance committee roles with a maths degree. What’s crackin’ everyone! Wanna know how to be on the committee of your favourite society and study maths at the same time? Cool, I can tell you all about that… Here are all […]

… by Kevin / from Hong Kong / MSc Computational Applied Mathematics / PG (2018-19) My name is Kevin, I had completed an undergraduate degree in maths at Warwick before pursuing a Masters in Computational Applied Mathematics at Edinburgh (2018-19). Now I’m doing a PhD in Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute in Edinburgh. Here […]

… by Rachel / from Isle of Arran / BSc Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) A lot of things have changed these past weeks and we’ve had to adjust to working from home and doing all our classes online. (For those of you struggling to work in your rooms I personally find I am more […]

… by Benedicty / from Romford / BSc Computer Science and Mathematics / 3rd Year (UG) What I did right, the mistakes I made and what you can learn from it. Finding a flat in first and second year was pretty much a piece of cake. Barely any work was put in and I always […]

… by Rebecca / from Lincoln / BSc Mathematics [2nd Year Entry] / 3rd Year (UG) If a lecturer can see that only 5% of the students on their course read their assessment feedback, then should staff bother to write it for every student? Or, if a lecturer can see that one of their lecture […]

… by Jaden / from CA, United States / BSc Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) You just got back from football practice. Maybe you’ve been playing for a year or almost your entire life. Nonetheless, you love it and that’s what’s important. Regardless of what passions you have, or if you want to discover new […]

… by Alex / from Aberdeen / BSc Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) Hello! I’m Alex and I’m a 1st year undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh, studying (and loving) Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics. One of my biggest initial worries about going to university was whether or not my admittedly lacking […]

… by Lauryn / from Ndola, Zambia / BSc Mathematics / 1st Year (UG) So, Edinburgh is a long way from home… I had to take 3 planes and all that thinking time can be an opportunity for doubt to rear its ugly head. Going to a different continent and losing the steadfast direct support […]

… by Tanya / from Bangalore, India / MA Economics and Mathematics / 2nd Year (UG) Being an international student can be a daunting experience. While most European or British students know what they’re getting into before coming to university, international students do not have this privilege.  As an Indian student, I couldn’t visit the […]