On the face of it, volunteering whilst at university isn’t something that sounds very appealing. With the financial struggles that often come with being a student why would anyone want to work for free? Psychology graduate, Callum Mogridge, is an example of someone who couldn’t be any further away from that line of thought. During … More Life as a student volunteer
Last year S.A.L.V.E International ran a project alongside the University of Manchester called ‘Team Uganda’. Fourteen students across all years and subjects headed to Uganda in order to carry out community projects which aimed to help homeless children in Jinja, one of Uganda’s largest cities. Second year Medical student, Joe Pusey was one of the … More Team Uganda
With graduation wrapped up for another year we take a look at how one of last year’s graduates, Sarah Kendall, is fairing in the big wide world. Sarah, who studied Biology, signed off from the University of Manchester this time last year and didn’t waste any time in kick-starting her career. It took her just … More Graduating was great, but what came next was even better
Josh Brocklebank and Maeve Sparks are both Pharmacy students here at Manchester in 2nd and 3rd year respectively. Here, they give us the lowdown on the four year course, from what initially lured them in to what their favourite aspect of studying at the University of Manchester is… Why Pharmacy at Manchester? Josh: I chose … More Pharmacy at Manchester: The lowdown
Rathaven Guna, a student on our MBChB Medicine course, has his finals coming up in just over six months and is understandably incredibly focused on fulfilling his dream of qualifying as a doctor. However, he has to more to juggle than your typical medical student because Rathaven has a three year old charity that needs … More The Little Things – The story so far
Last year, Esther Aiyelaagbe gave us an insight in to her life as a medical student at The University of Manchester. A year on and Esther has graduated from medical school after five grueling years. We caught up with her to find out how her final year went and what her post-university plans are… How did … More Catching up with a graduating medic
A lot of the time, students treat the first year of their degree as a settling in period and often come out of it happy just to have got through it. First year Speech and Language Therapy student Freya Mulderrig, on the other hand, has dived head first into her first year and has loved … More A quick summary of my first year as an SLT student
Keen photographer Benjamin Harris initially studied BSc Zoology, but found himself at a bit of a loss after graduating. However, a three-year trip travelling the world inspired him to enrol on the MSc Science Communication course (now known as MSc Science and Health Communication) at Manchester. Ahead of his second graduation this summer, enjoy a … More Making the most of my MSc in Science Communication
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