Having spent a highly leisurely week or so partying and wandering in South Africa’s ‘mother city’ it was time to leave. Me and my travel partner were on the final straight of our gap year and had two weeks to amble north to Johannesburg before flying home. We had booked coach tickets for the...
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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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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’
Going...
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At the beginning of the year, two of Britain’s great institutions join forces. In an unprecedented move The University of Chichester and Butlins came together to offer a degree in becoming a Redcoat. A quick glance at a Redcoats alumni list shows Michael Barrymore, Darren Day and H from Steps all started life as...
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As has been noted on this blog before, the current financial situation and resulting credit crunch is a massive pile of dog mash for pretty much everyone.
For us students over in university land this has meant shed loads of bad stuff. Obviously the lack of graduate jobs is worrying, but my main concerns are...
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January is pretty much the turd of the bunch as months go. In addition to the never ending dark, everyone realises they’re fat and poor. To compound this monumental month of misery the unsuspecting student also has the stress of exams to deal with.
Exams and the associated stress are a strange thing. We’ve been...
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