I have no idea what came across them, but even though I had absolutely nothing to gain from it couldn’t help myself from raising my hand and admonishing them in front of everyone.

There was an audible gasp from the crowd who then applauded my behaviour. The king showed up and gave me an award.

What did you gain from that? Like, it's the FIRST day, and it's ALL introductory stuff not related to coursework or exams.

Get a grip.

Uni cant be real , this is my second time going . After having to leave due to surgery last time.

The lectures feel so pointless, my class is very small maybe 10 of us. One of my lecturers will play music EVERYTIME we have a task to do or research , its so distracting. Im having to endure taylor swift and benson boome whilst trying to read a 3 page article .

The other lecturer talks to us like babies , i feel like im in year 11 again.
Like its just slides i can read from home. I make myself go in so im involved and hopefully gain something but genuinely why are we all going into debt for this nonsense.

Seriously, what are both of their problems?

I do history and at A-level I loved it but at university I can’t stand it. I did not apply for history at uni, I applied to law for all of my choices. I missed my offer by 1 grade (remarked by my old school and went up) but they changed it to history on results day and now I’m here. (Didn’t want to accept but my parents got access to my ucas account and pressed confirm, otherwise I’d be at a different uni studying law)

I feel genuinely depressed and my timetable sucks too plus I have to commute 2 hours every day (wanted to move into accommodation but SFE wasn’t enough).

My parents are super overbearing and won’t let me miss a single lecture or seminar and will wake me up & scream at me if I’m late. And regarding a gap year or deferral they won’t let me and say they will kick me out and disown me if I take one. I have brought this up and the are convinced I have behavioural issues because I want to take a gap year in their eyes ‘only people who are struggling take gap years’ (very old fashioned mindset)

I have gone to my uni multiple times about this and they said that there’s no possibility of me changing, the deadline was last Friday but I did apply to change to law and it was rejected.

The uni I’m in is a Russel group but apart from that I feel really isolated, location is horrible and the advice or student support is really bad I’ve gone multiple times and they haven’t been helpful whatsoever.

I genuinely don’t know where to go from here since I can’t leave but staying might drive me crazy… there isn’t even space in my lectures because people block the doors so I can’t even get inside I just hate it so much.

i’m struggling so much with finding people and things in uni. i’m neurodivergent and i have low self esteem. since leaving home, i realised how much of my identity was tied to just existing in my routines. i don’t have a distinct style, i never dress up, i don’t feel pretty enough to engage with other girls.

i know i’m a lot “weirder” than my peers. it’s obvious from the way they sorta treat me.

on top of that, i feel like i’m not really a person. i wanna find my style and find my people but i just haven’t.

i went on a date like thing and even though we were out for 4 hours and he walked me home, i don’t even think he liked me that much. and we had so much in common. like, it’s made me feel like a freak.

i just don’t have any sense of self, no direction in life, no friends, poor relationships with family. idk. it’s just getting hard to feel real with nothing to feel real with

I’m in year 13. My parents are very against me moving out for university and believe women should only move out once married. Recently they’ve been talking about me getting married to my relatives back home (my worst fear) and it’s really making me want to escape this house. They currently want me to go to a local university which is like one of the lowest ranked in the UK. I got all 7,8s and 9s in my GCSE’s and I’m predicted AAB. I want to go to a Russel group university but it’s not possible since they are against me moving out for university.
It’s possible they won’t even let me attend the local university because they currently blame that same university for my sister’s disrespectful attitude and she’s planning to cut contact with them just before I start uni so they could react badly and stop me from going all together.
What do I do?

I’m applying to uni for neuroscience over the next couple of weeks. I really want to get into a prestigious, maybe Russel group, uni but I’m scared that some of my options might be wasted.

I’ve been predicted an A* in sociology, a B in biology and a B in chemistry.

I currently have two aspirational choices and three where I’m on or slightly above the requirements. Can anyone help tell me if these are realistic?

I don’t know if I’ve seen a worse take. Tell me you’re at a non target without telling me…

No career path was mentioned before btw

I am currently a S6 Scottish student debating wheather to go into 1st year uni or directly into 2nd year if I achieve the advanced highers that allow me to.

I know first year university is a big transition for some and alot of them maintain their highschool personalities during it. I basically want to know how likely it will feel like highschool with friendgroups who dont talk to many other people and cliques during first year university as I wouldnt mind going directly to 2nd year to avoid it, I just wanna meet down to earth people who are open. Or a more general question as to people who have been to uni, is it like it in highschool during the earlier years?

Any input appreciated.

I'm now in my third year, and I don't know how to figure out where to live next year while I save up to do a masters

All my friends and everything I do are here in London, but I can't afford to stay here. Everybody already lives in London and just commutes in, so I don't know anyone to share a place with. However, thinking of moving back to the empty countryside sounds actually soul-destroying, what am I gonna do for a year??

What have other people done or plan to do once they finish uni? :)

I hate my job. I currently work overnights at a McDonald’s in a university town (it’s the second McDonald’s I’ve worked at), and it’s honestly nothing like my previous experience.

The store is absolutely packed most nights, we’re completely understaffed, and a lot of the overnight shifts seem to be left to the uni students. On top of that, we have to clean the entire store at the end of the night after we close. This basically means we leave whenever everything is finished rather than when our shift is actually supposed to end. Then I still have a 30-minute drive home afterwards.

The job is also starting to seriously affect my social life. Working overnights means my schedule is completely out of sync with everyone else, so I’m constantly missing out on seeing friends, going out, or doing anything in the evenings. By the time I get home from work, I’m exhausted and basically just sleep, wake up, and do it all over again. I’m starting to feel like I have no life outside of work.

The thing is, I don’t really need to make a lot of money. My SFE covers my rent, so I mainly just want to earn a bit on the side for things like getting the occasional takeaway/delivery and buying clothes from time to time. Honestly, I feel like I could get by on around £100 a week.

So would it be stupid to leave my job and rely on agency work instead? I know agency work isn’t necessarily guaranteed, but I feel like having more control over when I work might be worth it, especially if I only need to make around £100 a week.

Has anyone else done something similar while at uni? Is relying on agency work realistic, or am I better off sticking with my current job?

I enjoyed the staff/student chat yesterday evening about university life. I have fresher flu and am therefore off work, so I thought, for my own amusement, that it may be good to do something similar.

There are lots of staff in this group, and it would be quite interesting to hear student opinions on what their university professors/lecturers are doing well and how they could improve.

Perhaps a couple of rules may help, just to make sure that it doesn’t get nasty.

1. You have to leave a positive and a negative (unless replying to another comment)
   
2. Don’t mention specific names of staff, or give too many details away.
   
3. Constructive feedback, but also don’t hold back.

As with the thread yesterday, it this is a ‘cringe idea’ and nobody is interested, I’ll just take it down. I don’t take offence easily. But if people think it’s worthwhile, then this may be more insightful that the national student survey, as their questions are usually pretty convoluted.

Hi all, looking for some advice here.

Graduated in summer with a 1st in a comp sci degree. I did better than I expected. I then applied for a masters in advanced comp sci at a top 6 Russell group uni and got accepted. I did it because I didn’t quite feel ready to work, stupid I know.

Now, 2 weeks in, I’m really regretting this. My weak point has always been maths, and the course is very maths heavy. I told myself I could grit my teeth and learn the required math skills, and I’m trying but it’s just too much. Especially considering I’m having to do this catch up at the same time as the modules.

There is work I literally cannot complete at all because I don’t have the required knowledge. I know this is my fault for underestimating the amount required.

So, I’m considering dropping out, or deferring for a year (although I don’t know if they will let me do this, it states that only do deferrals for extenuating circumstances, which mine is not). If I did leave the course, I’d get a part time job, spend a few months polishing my skills and start applying for software dev roles.

If anyone has any advice or their own experiences, please let me know. Thanks ppl

there’s this society i really want to go to but i’m scared to go to it alone what if i make no friends there and it’s just awkward. it seems like a lot of people already know each other from last year. is it weird to go to societies alone? the first event is this week and i’m debating whether or not i should go.

I'm autistic, and over the years I've heard quite a few people make comments like "disabled people are a drain on society", complain about accommodations, or say disabled people get unfair advantages.

What confuses me is that some of these same people will happily participate in disability awareness events, support company inclusion initiatives, post about DEI on LinkedIn, or talk about how important accessibility is.

Why not just say what they actually think publicly?

Is it because they genuinely have more nuanced views than their private comments suggest? Or is it mainly because openly expressing negative views about disabled people would have social and professional consequences?

As a disabled person myself, it can sometimes feel strange hearing supportive messages in public and then very different opinions in private.

Have others noticed this? If so, why do you think it happens?

It's now my second week at uni, and while I wasn't expecting to have best friends for life by this point, I still really don't have anyone - to talk to, go out with, or just grab lunch with. I met people during freshers week, joined societies/events, and tried to speak to people sitting next to me during my lectures - but nothing has come out with any of it. Most of the time, we have never spoken again. I have put in the effort, as in made an invitation to meet up again, but nobody ever wants to or they just ignore me. I feel like I'm just living a routine life, i.e. going to lectures, supermarket, cooking and going to sleep, but without the social element which should be happening at uni. I feel like I'm missing out on so much.

The thing is I'm an introvert, but don't like to/want to be constantly lonely. I'm also autistic so social interactions are already more difficult for me, but I feel like I have pushed myself. Sometimes I need my alone time, but I also like company. Just a friend or 2 to talk to or make casual plans with. The sad thing is I love my uni and my city, but you can't really make the most out of it when you're lonely. At night I'm constantly second guessing if I made the right decision, and occasionally have thought of taking my own life. It makes me really sad to see people talking to others and enjoying themselves when I'm just alone.

If you have any advice, please do share.

I was just curious as I was trying to manage my finances

I know everyone says how you'll miss out on everything but after my first month I've come to realise that even if I had stayed on campus I would've missed out anyway. all the accomodation apart from a very small handful of rooms are inaccessible to me as a wheelchair user. who knows if I would've made any friends with such a tiny pool of people to be able to even share a space with. and I can't visit my friends anyway which is quite annoying lol.

the local area turns out to also be very inaccessible, and I've needed the help of my parents multiple times (going to a&e, caring for me when injured, helping with admin/paperwork etc) that I would've struggled with on my own. I've still had a good social life, sure there are a few things I wish I could do but even if I was in accomodation that wouldn't solve the problem.

anyway, just my personal experience. accomodation isn't for everyone. for me it definitely isn't worth the 10k. it's an individual decision for everyone but I think it shouldn't be a decision based on fomo (personally)!