Reading Time: 5 minutes …by Sienna / from the U.S.A. / studying Clinical Psychology / 3rd year A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Sarah / from Indonesia / studying Veterinary Medicine / 1st year Hello everyone! It’s Sarah, a first year student on the 5-year BVM&S course. Easter holidays are now over and we’re back on campus after a long break that was joyously filled with lambing. This was my first lambing EMS placement, where I assisted […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes …by Audrey / from Belgium / studying MSc Environmental Sustainability / graduated 2021 It’s that exciting and nerve-wracking period before your start at University, and you’re asking yourself so many questions, trying to piece together what your life might look like in a few weeks’ time: where am I going to live? Who am I […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Scarlett / from the USA / studying MA (Hons) History and Politics / 4th year At times as an international student, it can be difficult to be so far away from home. But trust me when I say it’s worth it! Now, as a third-year student I can say I’ve found a home in […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes …by Lauren / from Scotland / studying Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management / 4th year From unwashed dishes to fights over cupboard space, flat horror stories seem to be everywhere when you begin to contemplate moving into halls. But with every horror story, there is a good time that would only happen in the […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Scarlett / from the USA / studying MA (Hons) History and Politics / 4th year It’s Wednesday, February 2nd… 8.00am – Typically when I wake up and the first thing to do is grab a cup of tea and breakfast. I can’t say that I’m always waking up this time or getting up right […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Georgia / from Greece / studying MA (Hons) History / 4th year In my first year I didn’t really feel like I was doing the student thing right. I made my closest friends during a Film Soc screening but they were not studying History and so when I would attend lectures and tutorials, I […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Tristan / from Edinburgh / studying MA (Hons) Ancient and Medieval History / 4th year In 2018, the University of Edinburgh launched its Access Programme as part of its Widening Participating Initiative. As a 26-year-old who had been out of education for four consecutive years, having previously studied Acting and Performance, and later Art […]
