Making your student room a home away from home
Student accommodation can sometimes feel cold and clinical. Read Braedie Atkins' guide to making your student room a home away from home to ensure you feel homely and happy in your new room.
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Braedie Atkins
How can universities improve lower income representation?
Getting a place to study at a Russell group university is a difficult task for any prospective student. Still, it is sometimes much harder for students who are going against the societal grain that is pre-mapped for them. Working-class, or low-income students, are massively underrepresented in Russell group universities, with...
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The ‘Climate Curriculum’: should we be teaching children about climate change?
Many of us have heard the phrase ‘education is key’ and that having a university degree will open doors to our futures. But how many of us are educated on the most significant issue facing humanity: the climate crisis? There is a fundamental gap between the urgency to act against...
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A checklist mentality can ruin your travels
Being able to travel and visit different places is a privilege. When I travel, I have it in the back of my mind that I have to soak as much up as possible. No hour can go to waste. Yet, I’ve recently started to wonder if visiting somewhere with a long checklist of places to see is truly the best way to go about this. Does planning months in advance ruin the element of being able to ‘get lost’ in your destination?
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Oxbridge admitting more state school students is a step forward
Braedie Atkins argues that while admiting more state school students is a step in the right direction, Oxbridge should still do more.
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Warwick district to face referendum on paying more council tax to tackle climate change
In a national first, local councillors for Warwick District Council (WDC) have come together to form a cross-party ‘Climate Emergency Action Programme,’ which seeks to increase resident’s council tax to tackle the climate emergency.
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Small change, big impact: uncovering the environmental dark side to emails
Emails contribute greatly to our carbon footprint. Braedie Atkins considers the environmental value of reducing the amount of emails we send each day.
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Disposable cameras make for the best travel photos
Part of me thinks that by taking too many photos, and I’m guilty of this myself, we become more worried about how the photos turn out rather than what we’re taking a picture of. Disposable cameras, I believe, offer a solution to this, where we can still have our cake and eat it.
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How do we pick out the most meaningful travel souvenirs for the people back home?
Wherever we go, there is bound to be a souvenir shop selling fridge magnets, t-shirts, shot glasses, and lighters featuring the flags and national symbols of the place we’re visiting. Yet, do these necessarily make for the most meaningful souvenirs? Ultimately, a meaningful travel gift differs from person to person. However, if it is sentimental to the person you are giving it to, you can never go wrong.
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Will Brexit cause a culture-drain in the UK?
A potential cultural loss should not be hastily overlooked, and we must question how the ideals of acceptance and tolerance fit into the United Kingdom’s future outside of the European Union.
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The best UK TV Christmas Specials
Braedie Atkins reviews her favourite Christmas TV Specials, including the Gavin and Stacey 2008 Christmas Special and The Office Christmas Specials
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Christmas in Australia: Why I am enjoying Christmas Downunder
Spending this December and celebrating Christmas in Perth, Western Australia, has turned everything I know about Christmas on its head. Despite this, I’m quite excited to dip in the pool on Christmas day to cool off, rather than putting on gloves to warm up when stepping outside.
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Don’t let a student budget hold you back from travelling around the UK
Travelling around the UK does not mean that you have to go into your overdraft and only eat noodles and oven chips for weeks afterwards. I’m writing this article as someone who is used to getting around the country on a budget. Even before being a student, if I wanted to go to places and see things, I had to think things through.
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