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Three years ago, in August, I went to see my GP, having felt that something wasn’t quite right. I had no pain, I wasn’t feeling ill, I hadn’t broken anything, but something wasn’t right. I’d been irritable, lethargic…

For an anxious person like me, the prospect of moving away from everyone I know was quite daunting. As it turns out, living in student halls offered me the perfect opportunity to get used to living without family around, as well as for making new friends.

At the start of the year, 2018 was probably “your” year for the fitness and health but it is already April (Where has the year gone??) and if you are like me, January, February and March were your trial months, and you are…

Before university I had never lived alone and whenever I was home alone (which was rarely), my dog was always there with me, so I was never TRULY alone. Moving into a studio for university was quite the change for me. That’s why I am sharing 10 things I learnt…

Sometimes it gets hard to fall asleep, it gets hard to slow your breath down, and it gets hard to silence your brain and to make it stop overthinking. It’s difficult to make it stop running up that hill, a hill that has different names each time; university, work, interviews,…

We read so many negative and worrying stories in the news that it can be easy for good-news stories to get lost.

With International Women’s Day having been celebrated around the world earlier this week, I’d love to highlight a few women who studied/are studying in Aberdeen and who have…

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give”
– Winston Churchill

Literally at this second, with everything that is happening in the world, being a human with all its meaning can be considered the hardest thing to be. But…

Opinion Piece by Claudia Farley, Student Intern for the ‘Addressing Sexual Violence and Harassment on Campus’ Project

Sexual Violence and harassment seem to be in the news every day, occurring all over the place, from Hollywood to football grounds and, unfortunately,…

Regardless of if you’re an avid meat-eater, a pescetarian, a vegetarian, a vegan or anything in between, this post contains vegetarian recipes for a whole day to suit all tastes. They are all student-friendly, that is – easy, cheap and delicious (because life is too short to eat bland food).

My first semester at university was a bit of a mess in terms of organisation. In September I was so busy meeting people and moving into halls that I didn’t realise there was a course guide I should know about until about 4 weeks in. And then I was super…