Studying at Home: A How-to Guide
It’s a difficult time for us all at the moment with Coronavirus disrupting our daily lives and routines. Although it is difficult doing a degree at the best of times, this current situation has...
Author: Thomas Berrington
Dorm Room Decoration Ideas
Making your room a part of who you are is vital to settling in to University. One way you can do this is through adding personal touches to it; a certain… je ne sais...
Coping with change: Post-University
How Big is the Change? University is a time for exploration and discovering yourself. However when the partying has settled down and you are finishing your final dissertation in your last year you may...
How Coronavirus has Affected Our Mental Health
Mental health has become an increasingly talked about subject in the current climate. With the Coronavirus having loomed over us for many months, dominating our everyday interactions and ability to work, has this rare...
Enhancing Your Mindset with Student Opportunities
The University of Derby, along with many other universities, offer many ways for you to develop both your academic and personal mindset outside and in the classroom. With workshops and drop-ins conducted regularly around...
5 Simple Ways to Save Money and Help the Environment
These are trying times, and it can be stressful to consider that your piggy bank may run low sometime soon. More than ever, it is important to consider ways of saving those few pennies...
Bachelor Degrees Explained
Even when I was in the first year of uni I never fully understood how the grading system worked and what was considered a “good” or “bad” grade and it’s even more worrying when...
Personal Reflections on the University of Derby
Studying at university is about stretching and challenging students. How has your experience at Derby stretched and challenged you? My joint honours degree has widened my abilities. From theory to practicality, Derby Uni has...
Different Forms of Chat
My Little Premise The other day, a friend told me about how terrible I used to be at “shooting the breeze”. How over University I’d improved my ability to talk more about nothing, and...
Exploring “The Gap Year” and Summer Holidays
Explore the gap year and what to do in the summer holidays…
