This blog will tell you about my experience participating in the virtual field trip to Vietnam as a Human Nutrition student. Before joining the field trip, my usual university-related activities involved learning about human physiology, biochemistry, clinical practice, and public health. Therefore, signing myself up to learn about Vietnam in a novel study format among...
The Democratic Education Network (DEN) organised its annual field trip experience between January and March 2022. However, the virtual idea was born out of necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic when taking students on an actual field trip to Vietnam became impossible. The project is part of an ongoing collaboration between the University of Westminster and...
In a world where we are constantly divided and at war against each other, multiculturalism assumes a more significant meaning. We see cultural diversity every day, especially in big cities, and it is based on a fundamental right that in society, everyone coexists peacefully. When we talk about multiculturalism, we project our view of a...
Democratic Education Network (DEN) hosted its annual international student conference on 11th and 12th May 2021. This conference, like DEN’s other ongoing projects, was organised collaboratively, managed and delivered by students and academic staff. It attracted 50 individuals made up of fellow students, families, and friends from different universities all over the world including the...
On the 8th of March, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). Nowadays, we talk about it as a traditional celebration, not thoroughly thinking about the fights and lives sacrificed to achieve this small and monumental token of celebration. We ought to remember when it started and why it is essential for women’s rights. The revolution...
As students, we solve problems every day – whether it be an issue related to our studies, jobs, personal life, health, society or environment. Although we work towards our aspirations and set new goals all the time, some things just do not seem to get any better, no matter the effort. However, it is crucial...
In these past couple of years, we have suffered a substantial global crisis, and we had to come together to find the best possible solutions to survive. We had an unprecedented challenge that threatened to break the World as we know it, so we fought together, slowly coming out as the winning side. Or are...
Introduction Despite the seemingly never-ending turmoil of the Covid-19 pandemic, another crisis, less conspicuous to the eye perhaps, is looming at the edge of Europe, likely to break out in a full-scale war any time soon. Or is it? Indeed, as the Russo-Ukrainian conflict marks its 8th consecutive year, many speculate if Putin’s latest moves...
Before coming to University, I didn’t know what I wanted to study. I enjoyed studying different subjects in a certain way and how it equipped me with ideas that I can apply in my life. My school has prepared me to develop academically, preparing me for the ‘Real world’. The school has also developed my...
I always knew I wanted to go to university. I knew it so well that I skipped a grade to speed up the process. I wanted to move out, start my own life, and separate from my parents and my known world. So I did the most surprising thing possible, and I applied to a...
The IV line dug deep into the pit of my elbow, delivering doses of what tied me to this earth. ‘Parvolex’ they called it. A bastard is what I knew it as. A bastard is what they saw when they looked at me. I laid there on that gurney, expelling the putrid remains of depression...
Universities in general and specifically the University of Westminster, by definition, are high-level institutions where students study for their degrees or research. However, the term’s meaning for students who have yet to enter the institution is different. The most remarkable contrasts of this can be seen comparatively throughout a person’s educational journey from the period...