Building up the CV
Looking over the other posts on here, one thing seems to be very clear: everyone is pretty stressed at the moment. Which definitely makes me feel better, because I’ve been fairly manic over the last...
View ArticleCountdown to Christmas
Well it’s officially the Christmas holidays- hooray! That being said, I haven’t managed to get home yet because I’m staying an extra week to get an essay done before I give up for Christmas. It’s...
View ArticleHello 2015
I’m very nervous to greet 2015, because it means that it’s the start of the year in which I graduate and have to move on. It’s the last year of being in education, and that’s a really scary thought...
View ArticleLibrary appreciation post
As you will have noticed from the topic of many of the other blog posts recently, many Leicester students are currently in the thick of revision/exams. Along with most other English students, I have...
View ArticleMy first ‘seen’ exam
Yesterday morning I sat my first exam in a year and a half (my year abroad last year was all assessed by essay) and it was a gruelling three hours long. Not only that, it was also ‘seen’, which is the...
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Library post update
So I got some feedback on my post about the library saying there were a couple of mistakes, so in this post I’m just quickly going to clear them up. I said that the library has a café, but I should...
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National Student Survey
Tomorrow is the last week of term before the Easter break, and I’m finding it hard to get my head around the fact that after the holidays I will only have two classes before all of the teaching for my...
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Has anyone heard of Joe Orton?
One of the authors I studied as part of the Post war module this semester was Joe Orton. I’ve grown quite used to talking to my parents about the authors on the course and being met with a blank stare...
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Get to know campus
The other day I was sat with my friend outside the library and it suddenly dawned on me that the library was called David Wilson, and another of the buildings was called Charles Wilson- were they...
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Studying English in Deutschland
Most people seem to be in the thick of exams at the moment, me included, so I thought in this post I’d talk about happier days! I wanted to bring to your attention the fact that the English department...
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So now I am a ‘Graduand’
Today in the post I received my tickets for graduation, which means it’s 100% happening! Although each student is allocated 2 tickets for the graduation ceremony you can apply for up to 4, which I was...
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Goodbye
Hello everyone It’s time for me to say goodbye- I’ve graduated from Leicester and I have a BA under my belt, so no more student blogging for me! (Probably). I will be staying on at Leicester studying...
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Week one @TheRiverGroup
So, that’s week one of my summer Internship done – and, it’s been a busy week! Situated at the end of Oxford Street and the opening to Hyde Park makes The River Group the perfect location for my first...
View ArticleWhat’s on for Leicester’s English students?
Leicester’s Literary Festival aims to bring the best of literature to Leicester for one week only. It’s a week which is jam packed with exciting workshops and performances from the writers of today....
View ArticleLeicester Bound
So it’s that time of the year again where I have to start preparing for uni, and in a few days’ time I’ll be in Leicester. I’ve already bought all my stationary, taken all my kitchen utensils out of...
View ArticleBack in Leicester
So I’ve been in Leicester for almost a week and I’m so glad to be back. I’ve missed Leicester more than I originally thought. Leicester is so beautiful, the city centre is full of cute little boutiques...
View ArticleThe Library
The library has and will always be my favourite part of the University of Leicester. It was opened in 2008 by the Queen herself and the Duke of Edinburgh. Especially during the last week and a half,...
View ArticleFinal April
So this year is my final year at the University of Leicester, and I will be taking my final exams (at least for this degree) in May and after that, I’ll be going back to London. And it’s just hit me...
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Get to know campus
The other day I was sat with my friend outside the library and it suddenly dawned on me that the library was called David Wilson, and another of the buildings was called Charles Wilson- were they...
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Studying English in Deutschland
Most people seem to be in the thick of exams at the moment, me included, so I thought in this post I’d talk about happier days! I wanted to bring to your attention the fact that the English department...
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