Life at Southampton

When I work at my desk in my engineering PhD office, I often wear one of those intense pairs of headphones which blast music in my ears, block out...

Making mistakes is tough. Or at least, I find it really tough! But science, research, university, learning... it's all about mistakes,...

The Christmas lights have been switched on. The family Christmas event has just passed. Undergraduate and postgraduate friends alike are hunkered...

Welcome to Southampton, United Kingdom European? International? Here are my top tips for what to do upon arriving to the UK! 1. Get a...

Chocolate has been enjoyed in sumptuous liquid form since the long bygone days of the Mayan civilisation and Aztec empire. In fact, the word...

I’m working from home. The cats are curled up on their rocking chair together, rain pelts against the window. November winds thrash the trees...

Being in the third year of my PhD, I should probably be writing Part 3 to Being an International Student by now – but let’s face it, there are...

Yes, you read right – we exist. Our mornings may be early, and our days may be long, but there some of us out there who willingly decide to...

I spent a year in the UK before I came to Southampton. I hoped that might give me a head-start on understanding British universities and Britain in...

I had all sorts of pets growing up in the Australian bush… pet tadpoles, pet lizards, pet ants. And my pets didn’t all live inside, I was...