University is a time of discovery, growth, and change. For many students, it’s their first experience living independently, managing their own schedules, and making choices that can shape their future with little structural oversight. These decisions can feel overwhelming, whether you’re selecting courses, deciding how to spend your free time, or contemplating your career path. Making thoughtful, informed decisions is not just important – it’s essential for thriving during these formative years.

Feedback is a key aspect of student learning and development; it both reflects and informs learning, if done right. It helps to clarify expectations, assess learning and encourage reflection.

Explore how attending academic conferences can significantly enrich your academic journey and positively influence your studies as a university student.

For a lot of students, especially first-generation students, scholarships make going to university a more realistic prospect.

Some jobs are never advertised – and that’s a fact. Sources suggest that a high proportion of job vacancies are not publicly advertised, added to jobs boards, or even listed on companies’ websites.

Every year, thousands of students across the UK go through the Clearing process in order to find a place on a university course. In 2023, over 38,000 students secured places through UCAS Clearing. While Clearing can seem daunting, going into it with an understanding of how it works and being prepared can cut through any stress or anxiety you might be feeling and help you reach your goal of matching with a university course.

Attending university as a mature student can be a simultaneously exciting and daunting experience. Whether you’re attending as part of a career change, enhancing existing skills, or fulfilling a long-held ambition, stepping into a university environment can present some unique challenges and opportunities.

In this blog post, we focus on practical advice for engaging in networking opportunities by giving suggestions on how to dress and how to behave for success.

Beyond lectures, assignments, labs, and exams, networking is another key part of the university experience.

My father once told me that only 50% of the important things I’ll learn in life will be in the classroom.

As we bid farewell to the last Friday of January, we want to share one more interesting episode from The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos.

The stage is set. You’ve found a conference to attend, you submitted a paper proposal and had it accepted, you’ve registered and made all the arrangements to attend the conference. Now we’re going to go over what that experience is likely to be like when you actually get there.

You’ve now found out about some conferences that you’d like to attend. What comes next?

Once you’ve picked a conference, the next step is to decide how you want to participate in it.

So you’ve decided you want to attend academic conferences – now what?

The first step is finding relevant academic conferences to attend.

Embarking on your university journey can be an exciting yet challenging experience. Along the way, you may find yourself seeking guidance or clarification from university administrators.

We hear about the idea of ‘self-care’ in the media a lot, but very rarely does anyone go into what exactly self-care means and how we can engage in effective self-care in a practical way.

Cultural Homesickness is the third type of homesickness we are discussing this month, and may be more intense if you are living away from home or away from where you grew up for the first time.

Social homesickness is another type of homesickness you can experience, which again may be more intense when you are living away from home or away from where you grew up for the first time.

Environmental Homesickness is one of multiple types of homesickness you can experience, and may be more intense if you are living away from home or away from where you grew up for the first time.