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The looming pressure of 'real life': is it worth the worry?
Life after university can be scary. The world outside the education bubble is a big place full of opportunities and potential pitfalls. Unless you are following a vocational path, being truly prepared...
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Swapping mortarboards for whiteboards in Spain
After the mortarboards have been gathered up and stowed away, consigned to redundancy for another 12 months, and the hangover brought about by graduation night celebrations has subsided, the serious...
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What's it like in post-grad purgatory?
Obtaining a university degree isn’t so special anymore. In fact, it doesn’t matter what university you go to, who you are, or what you want to do; at some point, you will be stuck in the ‘in-between’....
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Mental health: not an embarrassment
On October 10th, the UK (somewhat quietly) celebrated World Mental Health Day. Given that, according to the mental health charity Mind, 1 in 4 people across the country will experience some form of...
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Why Britain should start studying like America
When I signed up to do a year's study abroad in America I have to be honest, I thought I was signing up for a year off working. In my experience, Brits seem to have this idea that American college is...
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Help! My parents are my new roommates!
Lounging around in a onesie is no longer an option (Alamy) After graduating university I have, like most, left the blissful bubble that is student life and moved back home. While I’m thankful that I no...
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Lad culture is a symptom of misogyny, not the cause
The business secretary, Sajid Javid’s statement that he wanted to "investigate" so-called 'lad culture' at British universities came out in September. This was impressive stuff in many ways: here was...
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A moment of madness: My first 10k race
This October, in a moment of sheer madness, I signed up for my very first 10K timed race, amid 1,500 other participants through Cambridge town centre. At the time, it seemed like a good idea – one of...
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Idioms: The nightmare of foreign language teaching
We have all been there. Sitting in a classroom, completely ambivalent as to what the poor soul charged with the task of moulding your mind is saying. Until now – having embarked on a teaching career...
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Free time at university: how to make the most of it
As students, we’re often criticised for the amount of free time we have and what we choose to do with it. ‘4 hours of class a week? That’s a six day weekend!’ – come the judgements. There are tales...
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