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As students we often have times where work is needed to be done but, well let’s face it, we just don’t feel like it – either it’s the hangover or the afternoon lull. But we can’t always concentrate on studious work for long periods. Fear not! There are ways to slack off work without being [...]
This is a guest article by the author of the book, How to Get a First (Michael Tefula). The Fuel To do well at anything there is usually a need for sacrifice. A need to give up short-term gratifications for long-term gains. We call this self-discipline – a vital component of success in any field. (Not surprisingly, [...]
When it comes to chocolate, a zesty orange flavour hardly ever disappoints. And that could be why Kellogs have decided to give their Rice Krispies Squares an orange punch! We had a chance to taste the bunch and while they aren’t that much different to the regular bars, the addition of an orange flavour added [...]
This is a post from Michael, author of How to Get a First Procrastination is the number one killer of productivity, yet many students are willing victims. Work…Fail! Think about the times you have gone to the library ready to work hard. But instead, you end up spending hours on facebook and youtube, all the while [...]
Ok, so mention university and most people picture students falling out of pubs, lazing around watching daytime television and graduating with a lifetime full of debts. When you’re a Student, it’s all too easy to go out every night and spend all day sleeping off your hangover. Of course, it feels fantastic to have so [...]
Natwest recently published their annual 2010 Student Living Index — an annual study of how cost-effective the UK’s major university cities and towns are for students, based on spending habits, and how students offset these costs. There were a few surprises in the top 10 cities, the most surprising of all being the number 1 [...]
Nightmare housemates are a first-year rite of passage. Every person has that one housemate who drove them crazy—not washing the dishes, never leaving their room, never being in their room and a strange smell coming from under the door—we’ve all had them. You never know who you’re going to end up with, and while a [...]
There seems to be a storm brewing around the issue of women wearing burkhas in public. As you may well know, the French have recently introduced and passed a ban on the wearing of the Islamic veils. The ban went through with a vote of three hundred and thirty five to one. Women who go against [...]
article is property of Birmingham Mail STUDENTS claim rats are causing a health hazard because the city council is refusing to provide wheelie bins. Bin bags are being ripped apart by vermin and bulk bins are overflowing before collection day, in areas such as Selly Oak and Edgbaston, they say. Students also claim they have [...]
The University of Birmingham holds its last exam by the start of June. Term starts again around the beginning of October. This leaves a four month period where student houses are generally uninhabited. Yet almost all those renting houses from private landlords are contracted to pay rent for those months. In fact, the majority of students are forced [...]
This is a post from our sister website, The Student Fashion Blog. Isn’t it funny how sometimes you sit at a computer, load up the internet browser and before you know it, your fingers are in autopilot reaching out to those far too familiar letters: F–A–C–E… You don’t even have to type the whole address, [...]
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