January is the month in which students get their first taste of the obnoxious industry that is Student Housing. Landlords are rightly up there with rapists, the student loans call centre staff and the BNP on the list of stuff students really hate. They begin by stringing you around various smack dens for several...
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Archive for June, 2009
The Fresh Prince (of Academia) p2
The Fresh Prince (of Academia)
It’s the first day of my summer holidays and somewhat predictably I’m at work, filling the void that has been created by the end of my first year. However being stood in a forest in rural North Yorkshire allowed me to reflect on the roller coaster experience for me that has been ‘Freshers 08/09’...
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5 Reasons to be cheerful about graduating
Most graduates are dreading picking up their certificates next month, it’s not the sweaty handshake from the minor dignitary, nor coughing up for the robe hire – the ceremony will likely be their last contact with student life. After this there is the uncertain world of a shrinking job market and student debt. This...
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How good is the Good University Guide?
Was it good for you? The Times have published the holy grail of university rankings. Not for them the hilarious inaccuracy of the Guardian’s league tables – such as ranking Bangor fifth for Maths, despite it not having a maths department – the Good University Guide is generally regarded as the most trustworthy and...
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The trials of Tom Daley explain what’s wrong with state education
Do you remember Tom Daley? The little chap who was very good at falling with style from a very high platform into a deep pool of water at the Olympics? Apparently, as soon as he returned to his state secondary school he had the crap bullied out of him. Thus, after someone threatened (quite...
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An ode to SuBo
When Susan Boyle appeared on our TV screens, just those few weeks ago, everyone was confused by the fantastic voice that came from the mouth of that bizarre, eccentric and unusual woman. It was TV gold to say the least. Simon Cowell’s face when she began to sing was the epitome of what Britain’s...
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On revision and procrastination (P.S. I wrote this piece to avoid more revision…)
I am 20 years old and I have just completed my second year of university. Since the start of my educational career I have sat three lots of SAT’s exams, 12 GCSE’s, four AS Levels, three A Levels, three first year University exams, two second year university exams and I am in the process...
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