Catching up when you come through Clearing
2009: it was mid-October, I was nineteen, fresh from Clearing and all kinds of debacles, and I’d arrived at my first attempt at a university degree. I had no idea what I was doing, what […]
Articles by Siân
4 Best Things About…English And Creative Writing
We all know the cliché about English degrees: the author writes that the curtains are blue and it symbolises the internal woe of the character, or they’re red curtains and it’s a Freudian symbol for motherhood […]
Do You Miss Out If You Commute To Uni?
What do you think about when you hear the phrase ‘student experience?’ Late nights, house parties, hangovers, leftover kebab breakfasts and going to the SU shop with your sunglasses on in your pajamas because you’ve […]
Poor Students: Getting A Job While You’re At Uni
Student jobs, summer jobs, part-time jobs, internships, work experience — buzz words for any student who’s struggling for money or skills or both. You don’t hear anyone complaining that they’re a ‘rich student,’ and that […]
Lemon-Avocado & Poached Egg on Toast in 6 Steps
Continuing the theme of eating healthy (and keeping your bank balance healthy at the same time), one of my favourite breakfasts is lemon avocado on toast with a poached egg. Sounds like it’s complicated, but […]
Student Recipe: Stuffed Butternut Squash in 10 Steps
A couple of months ago, I decided I needed to take better care of myself. Eating healthily is a chore, most of the time, and there’s a stigma around student diets for a reason. If […]
What’s Clearing, anyway?
The first time I applied to uni through Clearing, way back in 2008, one school had me write my choices in a little box on their website and hope for the best. Another school posted […]
Clear Headed: How I Ended Up At Uni
Everything that happened before I came to university feels like it happened to somebody else. I wish I could say I knew what I wanted fresh out of college at eighteen, and that I had everything under control from then to now, but that’s not true. […]