Before getting into the theme of my piece just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Ethan McLaughlin and I am a final year student, studying International Politics and Conflict Studies. I am looking forward to graduating and leaving, before I touch on my experience as a “GB” student […]
Welfare
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Over the next couple of weeks, members of the Student Welfare Action Group will be writing a number of welfare-related guest blogs, first up is Torrie McAfee a final year languages student who writes about the troubles she first has on her year abroad. In the first two years […]
Next week on Wednesday 2nd December from 2:00pm – 4:30pm the School of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policy and Nexus NI are hosting a viewing of the critically acclaimed documentary, The Hunting Ground in the QFT. The event is entirely free for students and afterwards I will be sitting on a panel alongside […]
Student Welfare Action Group or SWAG for short…an abbreviation that I embarrassingly kinda love. These guys are going to be the glue behind all things welfare this year; they’re going to ensure that your SU delivers the best possible welfare campaigns but whilst having a great time in doing so. […]
When I was in second year of my undergraduate degree I joined the gym, I had the best intentions of going three times a week and I was going to have fittest and buffest (not a word, I know…) body that QUB Law had ever seen. Fast forward to May […]
Here are some tips to keep you in tiptop form over the next two weeks… 1) Pace yourself Our Freshers’ events are on for a fortnight. That is up to 14 straight days of partying (or at least heavy socialising). To avoid fresher’s flu, don’t massively overdo it. Try to […]
We all know that Valentine’s Day tends to be commercially driven with tacky cards and overpriced flowers and the cost of Valentine’s Day can quickly spiral, but it doesn’t have to be that way! When you take a bit of time to think about what you want to do, you can […]
The tree and decorations are down for another year and, if you’ve partied and gone overboard with spending during the holiday, you may be facing a different sort of hangover – post-Christmas debt! Unlike the bad hangover that you may have suffered after partying the night away on New Year’s […]
We all know living on a student budget can be hard at the best of times, but when you throw Christmas into the mix with the parties, family get-togethers and all those presents to buy , it’s easy to see how the spending soon adds up and the budget gets […]
Q Consult Consultancy Workshop– a fantastic opportunity to “learn from the BEST” What? 5 consultancy specialists from a diverse range of backgrounds will be sharing their knowledge on the world of consultancy. Who? Deloitte , BDO, Brilliant red consulting, Nuala Foley and Darren Mawhinney Where? QUB students union, club rooms 3 […]