• Academic Validation: How to Cope with Academic Pressure

    Lexxie Fletcher-Frampton One feeling that many university students share is the pressure to succeed academically. Students often seek academic validation, meaning that their sense of self-worth is influenced by their academic performance. Lexxie Fletcher-Frampton explores how academic validation can cause a domino effect on mental and physical health, as...
  • How Am I Going To Survive This? My Plans For Second Semester

    Alice Nott This article isn’t going to tell you how to build a Notion or optimise a google calendar. It’s not going to tell you how to write a 1st Class Dissertation or get that Graduate Job. Instead this article is me writing the things I think I need...
  • How Getting a Private Tutor Can Boost Your Maths Grades

    This article is brought to you by a third party Maths is one of the most fundamental skills we can possess. However, so often children can struggle with the subject at school and many adults are just afraid of maths. Still, understanding the basic concepts of maths is essential...
  • Group work: why we need a new grading system

    “Group work”: the words that make every student cringe as they rifle through their new module handbook. Collectively, we know that the weeks leading up to this assignment will be filled with dread, stress and general lack of motivation. It upsets us all that group members receive the same...
  • Album Review: Nao – For All We Know

    Nottingham born singer Nao recently released her debut album, and it is phenomenal. I didn’t expect this much quality from Nao’s debut, however, I am beyond happy to be proven wrong. My skepticism came from my lack of affinity for Nao’s work apart from her lead single ‘Bad Blood’....