Have you chosen something meaningful for your geeky and nerdy partner yet? I have come up with my top ten ideas for the best geeky gifts that I would have ever dreamed of, and if they excite me, I am sure they would also enthuse all my fellow nerdy friends out there.
Read MoreSince the start of the pandemic many people have experienced a worsening of their mental health. Factors such as social isolation, a loss of support and stress at work impacted the young and the elderly alike. During this time healthcare workers experienced a high level of anxiety and stress at work and reported lower levels of wellbeing. According to research published by the University of Sheffield in 2021, distress was especially felt by nurses and female healthcare workers.
Read MoreGrowing up as, and forever being, a girl-without-mother has become somewhat a defining character trait. This trait is malleable, and has morphed over time to represent, and be represented by, different things.
Read MoreI am the kind of person who hears a thud in the night and automatically goes to poltergeist instead of burglar. If I need to use the loo in the wee hours of the morn (pun intended), then I try to wait until after 4am. This is because I once heard that ghosts are most likely to appear between midnight and 4 o’clock in the morning.
Read MoreThe world of medicine is a demanding career for even the most intelligent and driven people. Long hours, little to no breaks from study and the pressure to keep up with the workload of a professional has created some very unhappy students.
Read MoreAs like most people, I have tried some of the most popular dating apps there are and my honest opinion is that it is a waste of time that’s fulfilled by sucking people in with hope. I
Read MoreEver wondered about the origins of Valentine’s Day? For the studious readers out there, you are in for a treat with this list of fantastic facts about the Lovers’ day.
Read MoreI’m not going to dispute that these items and activities don’t work for people but why have we accepted that self-care is something we can buy when, in essence, it shouldn’t be a necessity? And if self-care can be bought, who gets to be the customer?
Read MoreI shall attempt to advise my 20-year-old self, but it’s hard because I’m not entirely sure she wasn’t a bit of a dickhead. So, that’s the first thing I’d say: If you can look back every 5 years and think, “God, I was an idiot, wasn’t I?”, then you’re making progress.
Read MoreMy Mum often laughs about the first time I asked her what it means to die. She told my 5 year old self that it was like being at the playground when there’s too many people on the roundabout to get on. You have to wait your turn. Life, she said, is just like that.
Read MoreEarlier that day, I’d gotten into a bit of a heated debate with a classmate. Looking back, I can’t even remember what on. I’ve always felt an intense need to be a good person and felt equally as intense guilt any time I thought I wasn’t being up to scratch. One of the ways this manifested itself was in me keeping exhaustingly up to date with any matter of social justice.
Read MoreMillennia ago, Britons – also known as Celts – shared what is now the UK with other peoples like the Romans, Vikings, and Anglo-Saxons. Theirs was a Pagan society; spiritual lives centred on the natural world. Different bodies of water, for example, were valued for their healing properties and viewed as portals to the Otherworld.
Read More“My first hero is my dad, a firefighter for 25 years, he showed me in essence what hard work looks like from a young age and I have so much respect for the job he did. My second hero was my personal tutor for 3 years and also my dissertation project leader, Dr Andy Foey, who inspired me to follow down the path of immunology.
Read MoreOf course it makes sense that the memes we find most hilarious are the ones we find most relatable. There is something strangely comforting about having someone hold a mirror up to your deepest, darkest, mental health struggle and reflect it back to you as a 240-character tongue-in-cheek witticism that’s gone viral.
Read MoreUnderstanding and overcoming the act of confrontation logically and objectively is going to aid you in dealing with a confrontation. Having a methodological mindset will likely help you as only you can change, if you believe that your behaviour is or is not working and so long as you are asserting positive change.
Read MoreAs a current third-year student, who has no interest in her current degree, I am currently debating whether a degree is relevant. The pandemic, specifically, has changed my perspective on degrees and university in general. There are lots of changes to how universities run and although some of the changes could not be helped, that has significantly changed the university experience.
Read MoreThe most notorious policy move in the Bill is voter ID - mandatory photo ID checks for voters at polling stations - if you forget your ID you are denied a vote until your identity is proven, a big step away from the current election system where voters can turn up without their ID or polling card. Though at face value voter ID does not seem like too big a hassle, the reality is that it will further isolate marginalised communities from politics.
Read MoreRepresentation, equality, inclusion… No matter how you dress it up over the past few years, there has been an uptick in conversations about closing the gap between what we see – via TV, Social Media or otherwise – and the realities of the diverse world we live in.
Read MoreAs a current third-year student, who has no interest in her current degree, I am currently debating whether a degree is relevant. The pandemic, specifically, has changed my perspective on degrees and university in general. There are lots of changes to how universities run and although some of the changes could not be helped, that has significantly changed the university experience.
Read MoreThe face of the internet, social media, and politics is all very different. Helped along significantly by the 45th President of the United States choosing Twitter as his main policy outlet, plus the fact that we’re still essentially in our homes and connecting with the outside world through our screens two years into a pandemic, social media is no longer an optional extra when it comes to politics.
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