I never wanted to go to university and thought that instead, it might be interesting to do an apprenticeship that is connected to Politics and International Relations. However, being the youngest sibling of five sisters who have done academically well, who have been to university, and who now have great jobs, I thought that doing...
It was not that long time ago, I was sitting at my desk, struggling to remember how to write my own name, my mind was foggy… As someone who usually has got no problem with writing, and certainly not talking, at that moment, I was not capable of composing a simple, ordinary sentence. Is that...
When I found out that I got a place at the University of Westminster, I was very excited and looking forward to life at university and everything that entailed. However, before starting, I had no real idea of what to expect and how everything would go. To put it into context for secondary school, I...
I have been a science student my whole life but have always had a passion for politics. Since I was a kid, my family instilled a ‘can do’ attitude in me. The key person behind my route to university was my grandad, who would always encourage me to do what my heart desired. But the...
It was a warm day in October when I first flew to London to begin my studies at university. I have been to the UK a couple of times before but never for anything longer than a few weeks and without a specific touristy goal in mind, but to be honest, I was very keen...
If we go back a few years, I never imagined going to university; I always figured life would take me somewhere else. Sociology, one of my A levels, stimulated my fascination with how life works, recognising how society’s challenges affect my day-to-day life, as I impulsively chose my A levels, unsure of what I wanted...
My journey began as a transfer from another university to year 2. So far, since September, the experience and knowledge I have received so far, studying International Relations and Development, has helped me focus and integrate into a new environment. I have lived in a culturally diverse background of being born and raised in London...
In 2020, during the lockdown, I struggled with my own mental health. I knew I was not the only one, so I decided to send daily motivational quotes or extracts from lyrics into our Registration/group tutor channel on MS Teams. All those quotes accidentally had a pattern based on current problems, so at the end...
As South-East Asia aim to find their feet recovering from a devastating pandemic, the 38th/39th ASEAN summit was an opportunity to set out the regions strive for cooperation, prosperity, and security. This summit had higher expectations given that U.S. President Biden will be present via video link, after former President Trump had missed the previous...
I stood in front of a blank page for more than six hours looking for an inspiration. I kept thinking that I had to make something creative, something catchy, not boring, something worth to read. But what can I say that will not be repetitive? What words should I use? I thought and thought for...
I am sitting in a taxi, on my flight home from London Heathrow, leaving my student residence while texting to a girl I liked. As we were passing through Bournemouth, I realised that I won’t return to the town I fell in love with because I was going to start University in a city I...
Refugee. To many people; that word brings forth mental images of wind-battered and world-weary groups of minorities arriving on shores by rafts of little seaworthiness. Of adults and children, taken far before their time by the unforgiving wrath of nature’s and man’s harshest elements. And to others; thoughts of loved ones, spouses, cousins, daughters and...