Mauro is a final year undergraduate student studying BSc Management, enjoys playing football and competing in 10km races. My first tip for university is to not cope with it, but to maximise it. This change of mentality will allow you to become a more engaged, social, and academically successful student. Here are my tips how to make the […]
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Why I went to university to study Radiography
Salwa is a second-year undergraduate student studying diagnostic radiography, who moved to London for university. A little bit about me… My name is Salwa and in the summer I completed my second year at City. I study diagnostic radiography and am now entering my final year. I grew up in Birmingham and moved to London […]
Why I Changed University Mid-Course
Raad is a third year student studying Aeronautical Engineering and taking an online computer science course to learn new programming language during lockdown. And what I learnt from the experience Choosing the right university is an important decision and even with extensive research there is only so much you can know about a course or university […]
Meet a Management student
Mauro is a final year undergraduate student studying BSc Management, enjoys playing football and competing in 10km races, and spent 50% of his time on sports training. Managing Management (and other things) As an athlete, going to university was a difficult choice because it would divert a substantial amount of my attention from training and performing. However, I decided that I could do both and […]
My Marketing Placement: Part 2 The Job
In Part 1, Juste describes the application for the Micro Placement programme. Here is the rest of her story about the placement: “My placement is remote, meaning I have been working from home due to the pandemic.” Skills gained I would have liked to be able to travel to the office and physically meet all […]
A student’s guide to society life and the student voice
Anas is a third year LLB Law student at City, and is part of the Chess, Entrepreneurial, and Law Societies. Hello! My name is Anas and I am due to begin my third and final year as an LLB Law student in September 2020. (LLB is a fancy word for my degree classification). […]
Money & How To Get It
Naomi is a third year student studying Economics with Accounting, who loves trying out all the amazing coffee shops around City. Money is a popular topic when you’re a student! If we had as much money as we did advice about it…life would be simpler! Below are my tips on funding available to you as a student as well as how […]
Thinking of going to Uni? Let’s Talk
Aysha is a third year student, studying Criminology with Quantitative Methods, and has a cat named Buster. Was I ready for university? I remember waking up to check my UCAS results. It was a difficult sleep that night and the wait was agonising to say the least. Once I knew I had been accepted at City, University of […]
Why I went to university to study Psychology
Malaika is a third-year student studying Psychology, who likes watching crime documentaries on Netflix. I knew I wanted to go to university from quite early This was because I was really interested in becoming a counsellor – someone who listens to people going through difficult experiences and works with them to find solutions. I liked the idea […]
Alexandra’s Experience Living in Student Accommodation
Alexandra is a third year student studying computer science, who once made a short video game in only 48 hours, and shares the ups and downs of living in student accommodation. Since starting university, I have lived in a variety of different places In first year I lived in a shared flat, meaning that I had my own room and bathroom, […]