Student Stories

Student Stories

Blogs and vlogs from students of the University of Edinburgh

Tag: Student Life

Student ambassador in a welcome tee.

Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Katherine / studying Civil Engineering / 5th Year. Welcome Week can be both an exciting and daunting time for new students – personally I found my first Welcome Week to be a little overwhelming as there are so many activities to take part in! Reflecting back on my experiences, I have created my own […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Lily / from Spain / studying Astrophysics (Mphys) / 5th year Starting University can be an overwhelming experience, especially if it’s in a new city and country. Despite my now ‘veteran’ status as a 5th year and graduation round the corner, I still remember my first month in Edinburgh: getting lost around the city, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Louis / from the UK / studying Geography / 1st year When I first started at uni, I was really pleased with my packing list. I thought I had everything in order, squeezed comfortably into my three suitcases…  That feeling lasted about a day, when I started seeing other people’s rooms and realising the […]

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 […]

View of Arthur's Seat in the distance with snow

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 […]

Statues in a library

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 […]

Two students seen from above walking around a labyrinth

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 […]

Students sat in a University cafe enjoying themselves

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 […]

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