A strong online presence: definite yes or detrimental?

writergirlFebruary 21, 2013

They say it isn’t what you say but how you say it, and that actions speak louder than words, but in an age where technology is growing increasingly potent and i...

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Reality check

CaitlinFebruary 20, 2013

Advertising has always been skewed in favor of the… attractive. I suppose that’s the right word, after all advertisements are always intending to show you an id...

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Top Three Annoying Library Behaviours

Nathan A ThompsonFebruary 18, 2013

Libraries are battleground. On one hand, you have the erudite learners with their heads behind a Madison Avenue of books and, on the other, the disorganised, sc...

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How to Avoid Ever Having to Clean Up

Nathan A ThompsonFebruary 11, 2013

So your teenage years were one of backbreaking servitude to grown-ups. Your parents expected you to do chores, your school wanted you to do homework and all t...

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Make my day…

CaitlinFebruary 10, 2013

As Valentine’s Day approaches you may have already considered getting something special for that special someone. Perhaps you’ve gone traditional; flowers, a ca...

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Taxes and the Taxed

T. E. SamadJanuary 31, 2013

I suspect a lot of students in Britain, and young people in general, don’t know the ins and outs of the British tax system – well, neither do I, to be honest – ...

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‘Beef’ burgers leaving people hoarse

writergirlJanuary 31, 2013

What a wonderful start to 2013. After all the mince pies have been consumed, and there's no sign that the Christmas alcohol stash even existed, today marks the ...

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Just Take Your Time

charlotte.BJanuary 13, 2013

I understand with my sporadic blog appearences, that most of them may appear to be rather random, but after today I've honestly just had the pick me up and 'ins...

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The soundtrack to your revision

writergirlJanuary 13, 2013

It's here…the mince pies have been gloriously consumed, the mulled wine adored, and now it is time to settle back into University. Cue essays, exams, but before...

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Dakar Rally 2013

Social StudentJanuary 11, 2013

The Dakar Rally is the worlds toughest Motorsport event, covering 8,000 miles of challenging terrain!  Most students could only dream of taking part in this gru...

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Identity Crisis?

CaitlinJanuary 5, 2013

Firstly an apology for a rather long absence, as a Masters student I am currently looking anxiously forward to an approaching decision: to academia or not to ac...

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21 Signs Which Are Totally Needed..

Social StudentDecember 30, 2012

All these signs are so obviously, do we really need them? We will let you decide that.. ...

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Making the most of a small student room

Social StudentDecember 19, 2012

When I first arrived at university, more years ago than I care to remember, the first thing I wondered was just how I was going to fit into the tiny room I’d be...

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How Free Wifi Transforms Student Life

Social StudentDecember 6, 2012

It's not that long ago that an internet connection of any description was as unlikely a part of student living as a clean kitchen and hair-free plughole. Cas...

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An opinion on the size zero obsession

Social StudentDecember 4, 2012

Year in, year out we see more or less of the same type of celebrities on our reality television shows. Be it Strictly Come Dancing, I'm A Celeb, Dancing On Ice,...

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Nokia and Dead Mau5 team up in London Square

Social StudentNovember 30, 2012

Nokia + Deadmau5 have smashed it once again to produce an ‘out of this world’ light and music spectacular. The pair promised to take fans to a whole new leve...

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University is better the second time round

writergirlNovember 15, 2012

21 years of (often hungover) existence, various hobbies, excellent friends later and you have Clare Dyckhoff, BA. Three years of studying a degree in English re...

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At Least we’re Good at Sports

am77November 14, 2012

I have been living in London for a few months now, and every time someone asks me where I am from and I answer “from Spain”, the reaction is always the same: a ...

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A (Secret) Interview with a Soldier

Social StudentOctober 30, 2012

I met a man on the train yesterday. I don’t normally like talking to strangers because I’m quite shy when it comes to conversation, but he was a very talkative ...

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Travel Tantrums and Tips

Social StudentOctober 26, 2012

I spend so much time trains and buses that I should buy shares in public transport! However for students they are so useful for the many trips made to and from ...

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Naughty, yet nice

CaitlinOctober 19, 2012

Home baking is certainly in fashion at the moment (that’s my excuse anyway). What’s more, as Halloween approaches, with winter and Christmas to follow, I find m...

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The Skype hype

writergirlOctober 17, 2012

When you are applying for a job a number of things can stand in the way between you as an applicant and you the employee. Be it personal statements, pre-job tes...

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Experience or Exploitation?

writergirlOctober 7, 2012

There's a common catch 22: you can't get work experience without prior experience and you can't get experience without work experience. In a world where youth u...

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Get up and go?

CaitlinOctober 4, 2012

Day one, week one, term one, just gone. I had to get out of bed this morning, still your plaintive cries I can hear them from here and believe me your sympathy ...

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Deception Detection: Verbally

McKennaOctober 2, 2012

Imagine your a police officer and you are interviewing a suspect. You have the fifth amendment being thrown at you left, right and centre. Those two words, "no ...

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Leather: Dare to Wear?

CaitlinSeptember 25, 2012

So I’ve just been taking a look at some of the trend updates for A/W, you know, the sort of magazine websites that claim to provide the top 10 inclinations of t...

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P.U.B – can you guess?

writergirlSeptember 25, 2012

P.U.B, or Post.University.Blues as I like to call it. I apologise greatly if you have clicked on here thinking I was going to be writing about pubs, or some for...

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Who do you think you are?

CaitlinSeptember 21, 2012

It's that time of year. Back to University and time to make a fresh start; a new impression. Whatever you were before you will no longer be and that long awaite...

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Paralympics – A Day at The Park

Social StudentSeptember 16, 2012

Having been given a ticket and an opportunity to experience the atmosphere at the Paralympics, we soon found ourselves on the London underground bound for Strat...

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Review & Application: Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua

adeeba123September 12, 2012

Today, review is on Chanel's Vitalumiere Aqua foundation. This foundation is water based so you have to give it a good old shake before you actually start t...

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