Students’ Union announces £11,000 loss days after controversial dismissal of longest serving staff members

This was originally posted, along with my Scott Trust Bursary application (for MA Broadcast Journalism at City University, London) as an original article within a 200-word limit on 28th February 2011. Wish me luck! SURHUL’s Commercial Services Department has declared a deficit of £11,000 in just six weeks of trading. Details of the dramatic loss, which were sent in an …

Lark On My Go-Kart

I’m starting to see the upside of having a car and living a paltry 35 miles away from University.  I enjoy many simple trips to the local Marks & Spencer to buy….microwaveable puddings.  Hop in and go to Staines for the cinema! Anything beats the Summer Term sparsity of people on campus.  I thought it was bad in September, but …

One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning

I don’t know where to begin. “I’ve had better”.  That’s a phrase I’ve uttered numerous times since I’ve been back at university.  In case anyone thinks I was being my usual coy (read: cryptically, annoyingly-closed) self, it’s because my dad spent most of the winter break in hospital.  I think I was entitled to be a small misery guts, mmkay?  …

Time Out From The World

Christmas break. Time to leave the comfortable campus bubble and return to the wider world.  New friends, new responsibilities, new courses.  As for the world I left behind about three months ago?  It’s in a different part of Surrey, and they need Christmas presents. September 20th – December 13th 2008. Does my Fresher status expire when we go back in …