 Some things about university life you just can't know until you've got there.
Or can you? We asked some of our speakers and writers to tell us what they wish they'd known before stomping the ground to graduation. Here's the third WIWIK (or 'what I wish I'd known'... slick, right?).
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 At Push, we tell it like it is. That means we say it's okay to get help if you feel overwhelmed, and your mental and physical health are suffering.
Dr Nihara Kruase, a consultant clinical psychologist highlights government funded research (ONS, UCL, NHS data) that found 1/4 girls and 1/10 boys have emotional problems including loneliness, self-hatred and feeling unloved. If this sounds a little too familiar, don't panic. We're all in this together.  Some things about university life you just can't know until you've got there.
Or can you? We asked some of our speakers and writers to tell us what they wish they'd known before stomping the ground to graduation. Here's the third WIWIK (or 'what I wish I'd known'... slick, right?).  Mythbusters!
Before we even start, let’s nail a few common myths: Myth 1: All universities are the same. Myth 2: You’ll have a great time wherever you go. Myth 3: It is possible to say which is the best university in the country. None of these is true and the sooner people accept it, the sooner there’ll be no need for articles like this one.  Some things about university life you just can't know until you've got there.
Or can you? We asked some of our speakers and writers to tell us what they wish they'd known before stomping the ground to graduation. Here's the fourth WIWIK (or 'what I wish I'd known'... slick, right?).  Status is a pretty big deal in the world of higher education.
It's not unrelated to the uni's age, (so head over to our post on the old vs. the new to catch up) because within a few months in 1992, there were suddenly nearly 40 new universities all over the country. They didn’t just materialise like an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Previously they were ‘polytechnics’. |
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