Naomi is a third year student studying Economics with Accounting who loves trying out all the amazing coffee shops around City. Before I Came to University Before I moved to London and started my course I was home-schooled. This means that I didn’t go to a school and I didn’t have teachers and there was only one person in my class: me! […]
Author: Hannah Bowles
Diana’s Guide to Staying Productive While Studying from Home
Diana is a third year LLB student, who loves mystery novels and painting. Now that most teaching has been moved online, students getting ready for the new term in September 2020 have to think about how to effectively get their work done at home. Although it can be hard to stay focused with so many distractions and opportunities to relax, there are ways […]
Niffy’s First Year Survival Guide: Opportunities & the Actual Study bit!
Niffy is a final year Law student at City who moved to London for university, and is a self confessed BTS fan. Starting university is both an exciting and confusing time. Here are some of my own experiences and tips to help you get started. Opportunities and how to make the most of them While […]
Niffy’s First Year Survival Guide: Making Friends
Niffy is a final year Law student at City, who moved to London for university and is a big self confessed BTS fan. Starting university is both an exciting and confusing time. There’s a lot to get used to and it can be difficult to know what you should and shouldn’t do so to help […]
A day in the life of a Law student
This is the day in the life of Anas, a penultimate year law student at City University of London. 6am: The early bird gets the worm Depending on the day of the week and my scheduled timetable for the day, I would usually wake up early around 6am to kick start my day. I go […]
Meet a Midwifery student
Hello! My name is Amani and I am a first year Midwifery student from London. My journey to midwifery has not been a straightforward one! After studying A-levels in Biology, Chemistry, Maths and English literature, I decided to study Biology at university as it was my favourite subject at the time. However, my first term of studying […]
Meet an International Business student
A bit about me I’m Samantha – I’m an international student, originally from Venezuela who decided to move to London and chase my passion in International Business as a career pathway. I believe what makes my university experience unique is the fact I have been myself every step of the way. This is key as you can […]
Why I went to university to study Law
My name is Emily and I’m about to start my final year at City, University of London. I am a law student, which is also known as an LLB student. Why I wanted to study law After working and interning for various government organisations, I decided that the pace of legislative work wasn’t for me. […]
Be Proud at University – the LGBTQ+ experience
As this month is Pride month and this weekend it will be Global Pride, what better time to kick off the series of posts we will be running about the LGBTQ+ experience at university than with a look at how you engage with the LGBTQ+ community from your very own home. Queer spirit, let’s hear […]
What skills do you need at university?
Going to university is a time of change. You’ll be meeting new people, discovering new places and campuses, learning new things in new ways. Keeping on top of all this can be challenging, exciting, rewarding, maybe even a bit nerve wracking. So we asked some of our students what skills they thought were most important […]