“A BASTION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS”: HEAVY BARRIERS TO ENTRY FOR JUNIOR ACADEMICS
To the outside world, academic institutions may seem like veritable playgrounds where funding is abundant and studious types tinker away on frivolous pursuits. For many finding their feet in modern universities, this is not the case.
STUDENT-RUN TWITTER PAGE HIGHLIGHTS MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES AT UNIVERSITY
A new trend has emerged in which more and more students are sharing their brushes with a darker side of the student experience through an anonymous Twitter account.
RETURNING TO UNIVERSITY AS A MATURE STUENT: REDEFINING TIME AND PLACE
When I started my undergrad in 2009, we hated mature students. They were so clever. So confident. So fashionable. So fully formed as people. Now that I’ve returned to university as a mature master’s student at the decrepit age of 31, I’m sometimes afraid to open my mouth.
IS THERE A STIGMA AROUND BEING A STUDENT?
Despite the common conception many may hold of students – unproductive and antisocial agents of chaos hurricaning through the streets in a malaise of cans and contraceptives – it has to be said that, like the rest of society, the studying class haven’t had the easiest time of it lately.