• Positive Impact: Travelling Internships

    Berlin is a favoured destination for students seeking a budget-friendly getaway, with an infamous clubbing scene, trendy bars and street food galore. Add into the mix a little culture, history and the advantage of a quick flight and you have the recipe for a perfect short break. This summer,...
  • Temporary Home: Camp America

    Summer 2017 was without a doubt the best summer of my life, and it was spent working as a camp counsellor in Greeley, Pennsylvania. This trip really starts back in October 2016 with the application process, which was a lot of paperwork and form filling. From this came the...
  • Just because Humanities students have fewer contact hours, doesn’t mean we don’t work

    It’s an age old argument – humanities students don’t have many contact hours and therefore don’t do any work/have an easy degree/can’t complain about their workload. This is an argument that usually comes from the mouths of smug engineering/science/medical students, amongst others. Now, however, data released by the Higher...
  • Encouraging graduates to “stay local” is missing the point

    A recent RSA think-tank study found that graduates should be given advice on jobs, housing and matches with local employment opportunities in a bid to stimulate local economies through local graduates. However, the study fails to account for the work already done by universities to provide local graduate opportunities,...