5 top tips for university open days

Nadia is a recent graduate in Children’s Nursing, who enjoys getting lost in a book. A university open day is a day or multiple days throughout the year in which universities invite prospective students onto their campus to take a look around the facilities, meet staff and current students, and find out more information on […]

What to expect at University Open Days

Nadia is a recent graduate in Children’s Nursing, who enjoys getting lost in a book. You might be thinking what is an open day? Universities open their doors to prospective students, to allow them to look around the university, learning facilities, and social spaces. You get to speak to various lecturers and student ambassadors to […]

What’s a sandwich degree and what’s it like to do one?

Malaika is a third-year student studying Psychology, who undertook a sandwich year and likes watching crime documentaries on Netflix.   What is a sandwich year? Unfortunately, this doesn’t quite involve eating sandwiches over the course of an entire year like the name suggests. A sandwich year is when you spend the third year of your degree […]

Juggling work and studying at uni

Fatima Lobocka is a second-year student studying Psychology, who was born in Poland and is half Iraqi.  Juggling work whilst studying is common with many University students in the UK! My first year experience In my first year, I started a part-time job at Vision Express to support my student maintenance loan. I worked on […]

A student’s guide to making friends

Ayesha is a third year student studying Criminology with Quantitative Methods, and has a cat named Buster.  Browsing for Besties!  Life doesn’t take us all on the same paths, hence you are always meeting new people and forming new relationships. It can be pretty daunting taking a new step without your pals you’ve known for […]

Meet a Computer Science student

Alexandra is a third year student studying Computer Science, who once made a short video game in only 48 hours.  My journey to City I’m originally from the US where I completed high school. While there I studied a wide variety of topics in AP classes (A Level equivalent) such as Computer Science Principles, Comparative Government and Politics, and […]

Why I moved abroad to study International Business

Samantha is a second year student in International Business at City’s Business School.  Hello and welcome! I am originally from Venezuela but decided to move to London three years ago. Why? Well to give you my honest opinion, I did not have much of a choice! My sister graduated from high school before me and she […]

Meet a final year Law student

Laiyba is an Law LLB student, who decided to try something new during lockdown – knitting! A little about me Due to coronavirus, I had the time to try something which I never thought I would go for, knitting! I spent time learning from my family and YouTube, and am surprised at how quickly I picked it up (maybe […]

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).     […]

Niffy’s First Year Survival Guide: Getting an actual job after your degree

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 you get started I’m sharing my own experiences and what I have picked up along the way. Get a network While you are […]