How to shape your academic and professional career is a challenging task for a Masters student who has a concentrated amount of time to complete the course of study and look for job opportunities related to the chosen degree. When I decided to study at the University of Leeds, I...
How I stay fit during the pandemicI have a big goal in mind in the beginning of 2020: lose weight and keeping it off for good. All this time, I have been losing weight but always gaining them back after the summer end (basically when I don’t care about how...
Sustainability is such a wide field, and people studying sustainability-related and non-related courses can face challenges in understanding how they can pursue their passion for Sustainability and embed it into their professional career; if they are entitled to work on sustainability with their degree; and what the main prerequisites are...
For the past six months, I have been working as a Marketing Undergraduate for the Lung Oncology portfolio at Pfizer. My placement year has been an incredible experience and I would like to share with you how it all started, how I secured a role and what I am currently doing:...
Hey there, I’m Vaiva, Philosophy, Politics and Economics student currently doing a year in industry. This year I have been on an exciting journey of working at The Leeds International Piano Competition as Campaigns Coordinator. To save you the trouble of trying to google what that title means and what...
Hi, I’m Corina! I’m a third-year Digital Media student at the University of Leeds, and I’m currently working as a Design Intern for FOX and National Geographic EMEA, under the Walt Disney Company. My day to day responsibilities I work as part of the in-house creative and design team, where...
Things to do in Leeds Hey everyone, I am Pragya, a final year Law student from Dubai and hola! I’m Vicente, a PhD student from Mexico and we have both lived in Leeds for a couple of years now! Leeds is a beautiful city, filled with history and culture. It...
Hello! We are Anastasia, Atiyah and Conall, here to give you some tips about renting privately in Leeds and an overview of the experience. We all live in a different set up, Conall with roommates in the Hyde Park area, Anastasia alone in a house in the Woodhouse area and...
A big virtual hello to everyone! Last week we got the opportunity to participate in World Unite Festival 2021 organised by Leeds University Union and many clubs/ societies. The purpose of the festival is to showcase various cultures and societies, embrace and promote the diverse community of our university. Pragya and I,...
Do you know that it is scientifically proven that exercise can improve not only your physical health but also mental wellbeing? During this lockdown, I believe that it has become more important than ever that we try different ways to keep ourselves balanced and healthy both physically and mentally. For...