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    What I’d tell my First Year Self: Settling into Uni

    University can be quite an uncertain and scary prospect for students coming out of a protected environment, such as school. Not only do students have to continue focusing and working towards academic achievement, but also learn to become completely independent, often in a new town/city surrounded by completely new...
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    University Decisions: Home or Away?

    Jacob Edwards Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you had chosen to stay in your hometown for university? What about if Nottingham was already your hometown pre-university? Have you contemplated a life further afield, with the capacity to flourish like a butterfly without the help...
  • Mature Students: Misunderstood or Misrepresented?

    Impact Features set out to learn more about the experiences of mature students at the University of Nottingham (UoN): do they feel as included as everyone else? Do they tire of the constant chatter of Ocean? Although some mature students do prefer to live in halls, others have opted to...