Before coming to Westminster University, I was under the impression that there would be many international students. However, after three weeks of being in the University, it seems evident that the University has students from worldwide. This was one of the key reasons I applied to this University because it is a very diverse place...
Let’s do a quick flashback in time… it is currently the 3rd of March 2020, my 22nd birthday, and COVID-19 is starting to be talked about on the radio and news more frequently here in London. The first case had just made its way to the UK. Still, it was only the beginning of March,...
When I first approached the University, it came across as a place that cares for its students. From the way I contacted the University, they treated me with respect. Both the admin and the academic staff showed that they care and support their students as many ways as possible, which is quite rare these days....
24 years old, I had what I would half-jokingly describe as a quarter-life crisis; it was without a doubt the most stressful time in my life. However, my life was comfortable; I developed a career that I was happy and had close friends and family around me. In addition, I was about to complete buying a flat...
My trajectory to Westminster is unique as I’m currently repeating a second year. I am a transfer student from another university. My experience as a transfer student has been quite different; regardless, so far, it has been interesting and exciting, especially since we now have the opportunity to have in-person lessons, which hasn’t been a...
“Follow your guts” is often the most sincere influence in picking the option that best suit you among the ones that are displayed throughout your lifetime. The gut feeling is the immediate understanding of something, a very personal feeling and the ultimate act of self-trusting as you’re the one making the call. Anna Parakova is...
New Country, new city, new campus, new faces. As I walked into my first class as an abroad student at the University of Westminster, I was asked to write about my journey. No other instructions were given, simply, just to write about how ‘you’ got here. Within five minutes of class, I realized that I...
My journey to studying Politics and International Relations started with my GCSEs, when, along with preparations for the exams, I had to make a choice to study either English or Biology for the A-levels. Biology was the science that I understood the most and performed better in. At the same time, enjoying English literature lessons,...
As someone who has dealt with anxiety in the past, the idea of attending University was quite terrifying. As my move-out date crept up, so did my anxieties surrounding moving to a new city and another first day of school. A lot has happened during the past year, mainly regarding the global pandemic and challenges...
“I wish you were born a boy, my daughter” – my mother said to me, just as I started to understand the world a bit better. I was a bold child; my knees scratched from many playgrounds of memories, my hands burnt from playing with fire. My mother was taught by mothers and grandmothers before...
As a first-year student at the University of Westminster since starting my course, I was intrigued by a huge flag outside of the main building in Regent Street Campus. The flag represents the Black History Month. I am sure many students and the public have also noticed it. I also became aware of the...
Black History Month was made in the 1980s in the UK as a result of activist communities aiming to challenge the systemic racism that lingered in a very dominantly Eurocentric school system. Today, Black History Month has spread further from this and is now celebrated in UK societies including museums and galleries. Black history month...