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[last updated: August 22, 2024]
Why I chose a Joint Honours Degree: Combining my passions
Reading time: 3 minutes by Sophia, from the UK, studying History and Economics (MA) One of the most challenging dilemmas many prospective university students face is deciding which subject to study. When I began my university application journey I faced this dilemma. I had studied varied subjects during 6th form had two distinct subjects that fascinated me greatly, History […]
[last updated: September 11, 2024]
Self-Catered Accommodation 101
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2021/08/27/self-catered-accommodation-101/
Reading time: 3 minutes by Emma, from the UK, studying Politics and International Relations (MA), 3rd year In my first year, I stayed in a very small self-catered, university-managed accommodation on Clerk Street. In this blog, I’m going to tell you a bit about why I chose to go self-catered, and share some first-week top-tips that helped me adapt […]
[last updated: September 16, 2024]
Photographic memories
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/12/02/photographic-memories/
Reading time: 4 minutes by Emma, from the United States, studying PhD One Health Models of Disease, 1st Year I think everyone has an internal clock that started ticking the moment their personal lockdowns began, or when the “new normal” was introduced. Most people start counting from the middle of March, or maybe specifically from 11 March 2020, when […]
[last updated: September 16, 2024]
STEMantics: A Flit From Lit, to Law, to the Lab
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/11/11/stemantics-a-flit-from-lit-to-law-to-the-lab/
Reading time: 4 minutes by Emma, from the United States, studying PhD One Health Models of Disease, 1st Year My white lab coat is buttoned from chin to mid-shin, I have snapped my blue latex gloves decisively as I put them on, and I have my COVID-19 compliant face mask firmly on and looped over my ears, hopefully concealing […]