If your schedule and poor planning are anything like mine, you’ve been holed up in your room or the library for the past three weeks. But finally, essays are in, exams are over, and the next deadline is at least three weeks away, which is cause for celebration! And why not celebrate as a group? […]
Passive-aggressive post-its, dishes sitting in the sink for a week, taking long showers at 3am, living room/kitchen anxiety, somebody’s boyfriend has finished the last of your posh cheese, unnecessarily loud sex, wet laundry perspiring in the machine for over 3 days; you get to 4th year and realise that you have either seen/done/heard it all. […]
“They’re away from their families. They’re away from their friends. They (can’t feel) the sun or the breeze,” – is this quote about first years at Edinburgh uni? No, it’s from a member of NASA’s astronaut selection panel. In looking for advice about flat-sharing, who better to turn to than astronauts; the experts in getting […]
The beginning of second semester usually has students buzzing with the question of ‘who am I going to live with next year?’ Stressing about finding accommodation can be hard enough but takes a whole other level when there is also the question of finding people you feel comfortable living with. Asking friends about their living […]
One of the hardest and most stressful parts of living at university is often not the studying and workload, but is, in fact, living with new people away from home, and dealing with all the problems that come with it. Common problems that can arise include issues around cleaning and chores, but also noise complaints […]
University is hard. There are essays to write, pasta to boil, laundry to do and at this time of the year, figure out where and with whom you’re going to be living with next semester. Your ideal living situation definitely comes down to what type of person you are: obsessed with a smooth shiny kitchen […]
It’s the time of year again where Edinburgh regains what some regard to be the noisiest and most annoying proportion of the population. No, not the Fringe – I’m of course referring to the start of the university year. Whether you were lucky enough to have a flat over summer or you’re moving in in […]