Seeing as I have a habit of writing about various personal issues and coming out on a series of topics, I suppose for this one I may as well, er, actually ‘come out’. It is not secret that I am an active member of the LGBT community and can often be heard harping on…
What was it that I said about the best laid plans of mice and men?? Well, it obviously didn’t stick for myself! I handed up my thesis last week literally two minutes before the deadline. And I dare not even look into the (ridiculously expensive) bound copy to see the inevitable spelling mistakes… …
University, for me even three years on, is still a new and exciting experience that has opened – and still is opening – doors of opportunity at every corner. When recounting my time spent here, the most pressing question on my mind is whether or not I grabbed every opportunity with both hands, and…
First impressions are difficult. First impressions are also important, or so they say. We suit up for interviews, we doll up for first dates, we swot up on interesting conversation. We do all this to make a good first impression. We want to be liked by others. We want to be more than liked,…
Well, here we are. Back to the old slog. The daily grind of getting up mid afternoon, eating cereal from the box, strolling into our lecture twenty minutes late, and spending the allocated study hour in the Student Centre creeping on newbies. Y’know, the usual stuff I have been getting up to since I…