Posts in "Uni Life"

“I can’t focus if something is boring.” It may sound ridiculous, butthis is what I googled back in 2020 after I returned to my home country completely shattered as the university experience turned out to be far from what I have expected. A few moments after, a…

I've found being dyslexic incredibly frustrating, comical, upsetting, and positive at various points of my life. I’m Jess, a geologist researcher, with a BSc and PhD from the University of Aberdeen. I love the outdoors, but I always dreaded…

Happy new year everyone, how are you and how was your winter break? The new year beginning means the start of the new semester creeping up on us. It’s time to start planning your coming back to uni checklist if you are coming…

Right now, you're probably getting bombarded with messages like "new year, new me" and feel the pressure to conform to the wave of self-improvement advice out there. Maybe this week you have already tried and failed a new diet, sport, sleeping routine - the list goes on. Worry not, we…

...is exciting, challenging, and adventurous at the same time. One day I wake up excited about studying in a different country, getting to know the people, culture, and nature. The next day I feel like wrapping myself up in a…