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As I frantically start writing this, it’s not because I’m late in creating the blog, it’s because it’s late afternoon, and I have about nine minutes before chaos arrives home from the childminder. If there’s one thing that having a small person around does, it’s magically disappear your time. What…

2020 has been a year of much much unexpected occurrences, with the radical change in the way we interact with one another to the way we conduct our daily activities, we have had to adapt to the current situation we are living in. The University of Aberdeen was not impervious to this, and…

When you are transitioning from school to university, there are some major changes and adjustments to get used to. Maybe it’s your first time living away from home. It is normal to feel a little overwhelmed at first (or even after years). Time seems to be rare and running through…

With so much amazing technology available for our use, it appears that laptops and smartphones have become an integral part of our day to day lives. This has many positive outcomes such as access to knowledge, connectivity and flexible working. These are all valuable benefits but with so many of…

University alumni and now Politics and International Relations lecturer, Dr Samantha May, shares her top five tips for working or studying from home... 

So how many of us have over-romanticised the idea of working or studying from home? Have you conjured images of working in your pyjamas, at the…