Leaving my home in Hyderabad, India, to study in Aberdeen was one of the biggest decisions of my life. Coming from a single-parent family, with my mother and younger sister as my strongest supporters, the journey carried a deep sense of purpose. Every step I took abroad was not just…
Jessica took part in the bp Student Tutoring Scheme and tutored in Kinellar Primary School over the course of eight weeks in January to March 2025. Here she tells us about her experience.
"As part of the scheme, you must complete 8 weeks in your school, doing one half day…
Like an increasing number of women, I had a late diagnosis of (combined type) ADHD and, in fact, it never occurred to me that it was even a possibility. It wasn’t until I was researching screening questionnaires online for my daughter, that I began to relate to some of the…
Sometimes, when I leave for work in the morning, I feel a sense of unease. I’ll double-check the lock, three times if need be. I’ll check my bag for a laptop charger, which I know is already packed. Have I missed a bin day? Have I turned off the lights?…
There was something I could never understand as I stood in the playground during lunchtime at primary school… why is everyone happy? Why do I not feel like that?
To everyone I seemed like a fairly typical girl with a good friend group. But day in and day out I…
Green. That was the colour of my hopes for a new beginning as I packed my bags and moved to another country and climate, desperate for fresh experiences and encounters. Coincidentally, it was also the colour of the sweater I wore when boarding my flight, saying goodbye to my family…
Hi, my name is Maria, I am twenty-one years old and I’m a second year Music Education student here at the University of Aberdeen.
I am no stranger to my own mental health struggles. I left school abruptly at seventeen because of the pandemic and took a year out, which…
Before I started to work in the eLearning team here at the University, I thought I knew what accessibility meant – and who it was for. I thought accessibility was special provisions for a few people. Think large text and audio description. How wrong I was!
Working in the eLearning…
Okay, that is a bit of an exaggeration. It’s more like four meals in twenty to thirty minutes. As a student on a strict budget, I can’t splash out on expensive ingredients for fancy meals but make the best with what I can find in Lidl.
Each of the recipes…
As a master's student at the University of Aberdeen, my official time in the International Business Management (IBM) program may have only been a year, but the experiences I gained made it feel like a lifetime. I immersed myself in every aspect of university life, balancing academics with leadership roles…
