We trust freshers’ week lived up to your expectations and you’ve made some new friends to spend your uni days with but, with the festivities subsiding it’s time to get started on your chosen course. Uni operates a little differently from school and you’ll be expected to work more independently than you have in the… Continue reading Life After Freshers’ Week: Getting Started on Your Course
Category: Features
YOUR VIEW: The New Miley
When I was 11, Hannah Montana was my idol. I loved the TV show, had the albums, saw the movie and bought the book. I worshiped the ground that she walked on. What little girl didn’t? These days, my view of Miley Cyrus is… different, to say the least. I won’t lie – when she… Continue reading YOUR VIEW: The New Miley
911: The Comeback Kids
When I was 12, I had a plan. I was going to grow up to be a journalist (preferably for Smash Hits! magazine), I was going to interview my absolute favourite band in all the world and their singer would fall in love with me. (I had no clue about professional conduct back in the… Continue reading 911: The Comeback Kids
Tom Daley signs up as Glasgow 2014 ambassador
As ticket sales for Glasgow 2014 enter their final week, diving sensation Tom Daley has been unveiled as the latest and youngest Official Games Ambassador for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. He is set to meet fans at a special event in Glasgow on Sunday to celebrate the announcement. The golden boy of British diving… Continue reading Tom Daley signs up as Glasgow 2014 ambassador
REVIEW: We’re the Millers
Dir: Rawson Marshall Thurber Release: 23 August 2013 Cert: 15 Sometimes, you’ll go see a film and have the lowest of expectations. There’s going to be one or two outcomes – it’s everything you thought it would be, and you shuffle out of the cinema moaning about having just wasted £8, or you’ll be pleasantly… Continue reading REVIEW: We’re the Millers
Source loves… The X Factor
Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Time for the wannabe Madonnas and guitar-playing hotties to warm up their vocal cords and grace our televisions once more. It’s X Factor time! Whether we tune in to witness some shocking singing or to catch a glimpse of the next big sensation, there is no doubt… Continue reading Source loves… The X Factor
What if I don’t know what I want to do?
Gap year student Leila Wallace offers some words of wisdom to those who aren’t quite sure what the future holds for them… When we were five, we all had our own idea about what we wanted to be when we grew up, some beyond our wildest dreams. Princesses we saw in Disney films, football icons… Continue reading What if I don’t know what I want to do?
Let’s hear it for the ladies…
With the golden-voiced Ellie Goulding scoring her first number one, Miley Cyrus setting tongues wagging (not always for the right reasons) and Lady Gaga declaring a POP EMERGENCY as she and Katy Perry go head to head with their new releases, the ladies are well and truly showing the traditionally male-dominated music industry what they’re… Continue reading Let’s hear it for the ladies…
New Semester Resolutions
With summer drawing to a close, us students will no doubt be starting to plan the dreaded budget and the thought of giving up the luxuries we enjoyed over summer can heartbreaking. But by following these ‘new semester resolutions’ you can still save money without having to sacrifice the things you love… 1 )Walk more… Continue reading New Semester Resolutions