Author: LSU Media

Our Entertainment Editor, Avelina Joseph, brings you a fun article about the beginning of Fresher life. What to expect from your first few weeks as a fresher at Loughborough University The wait is finally over. You got the result you were looking for and Loughborough University will be paving your path to success! Congratulations! But now it’s time to talk about what we’ve got planned for you! All I can say is welcome to the craziest weeks of your life… Eat, sleep, rave, repeat will be your motto for Freshers Sleep will become a distant memory, partying will become a…

Our Features Editor, Leah Langley, brings you a comprehensive list of things to tick off for life at Loughborough. Congratulations! You’ve made it through A Levels and now you’re set to begin a brand-new adventure at university, but first you need to pack. It’s completely normal to want to bring everything from home, but you need to be strategic. Important Essentials: There are a few items that you simply cannot do without that are important for yourself and studies at university. Passport/UK Birth or Adoption Certificate– Important for registration and useful throughout the year to prove your identity. Laptop–…

Phew! You can wipe your forehead with relief, you will never have to face Year 13 again. A huge congratulations to you on getting into Loughborough University, and welcome to the next chapter of your life! During Freshers Week, you’ll be overrun with opportunities offered by the multiple sections in our Student’s Union. Whether you’re looking to learn how to use a DSLR, belly dance till you drop, build robots, or go scuba diving, there’s something you’re bound to enjoy. When you first arrive in halls, you’ll quickly discover that they are not just where you live. Rag and Action…

Tomorrow is a big day for Upper Sixth Form students across the country, with exam results being released and future’s being decided. But that’s not necessarily the case; getting your first choice university could turn out to be completely wrong for you and lead you to a new career and life path, one that you can’t imagine today. On the other hand, not getting the grades you so sorely want could also lead to you taking that one, different opportunity which leads to everything you ever dreamed of. So, let’s discuss that: what happens tomorrow does not decide your future. Every…

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Home relationships don’t fare well at university. I’m not going to make the blanket statement of ‘don’t come to university with a home girlfriend/boyfriend’. I’m just advising from experience and from seeing other relationships that it’s likely not to work out. The only home relationships I know that have lasted at university are the ones where the couple have gone to the same uni. This isn’t to say if you come to university in a relationship it categorically won’t work out, it’s just that proximity plays a huge role in a relationship. It didn’t work out for me, but it…

Exams are around the corner and everyone is under stress. Do you recognise the signs of stress? What do you do to help de-stress? Take a quick 5 minute break to read this and perhaps it will help you learn some quick 5 minute fixes to stress. We all know we are stressed because of exams/assignments and most of all because we all want to get great results or at least pass the modules! Sometimes we are actually so stressed and fighting against stress/anxiety we don’t even realise it and it can feel awful. Deep down we are all scared…