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Tag: first year

The Results are In: Virtual Freshers’ Week, Reviewed by Freshers.

Posted on 2nd October 20202nd October 2020 by Josh Elgin

Ever wondered what virtual Freshers’ was like this year? Look no further. Josh Elgin asked First Year’s what they really thought.

What I wish I’d known in Freshers’ Week

Posted on 20th September 202020th September 2020 by Helena Smith

Freshers’ Week isn’t always as fun as it’s made out to be. It can be a difficult, emotional time. Helena Smith gives advice that all Freshers need to hear.

Yes, You Are Far Too Cool for Fresher’s Week

Posted on 13th September 201913th September 2019 by Molly Amber

Incoming freshers, it is of vital importance that you understand you are much too cool and interesting to get involved with anything Fresher’s Week has to offer. You’ve just got back from that life-affirming gap-yah, […]

Seven Lessons From First Year

Posted on 13th September 201913th September 2019 by Ellie Futter

Being a fresher is unlike anything else. You’ll likely experience every emotion under the sun in what feels like a year of unrelenting highs, lows and pasta bakes. But, my emotional rollercoaster as a fresher […]

Embracing A New Way Of Learning

Posted on 13th September 201913th September 2019 by Jack Whyles

Coming from sixth form or college, moving on to the more independent way of learning that is required at university, can seem like jumping over a hundred-metre canyon — an impossible challenge. I can completely […]

How To Combat Feeling Homesick In First Year

Posted on 13th September 201913th September 2019 by Jian Feng

I’m from China, and I’ve studied in Leeds since 2017. Being 4,830 miles from home, I know firsthand how hard the move away from familiarity is. I nearly gave-up over feelings of homesickness. But my […]

New Year, Same You

Posted on 13th September 201913th September 2019 by Isabel Ralphs

Before I left home last summer, I had this whole idea in my head that I was going to completely reinvent myself at University. I felt like I had a blank slate in front of […]

Peer Pressure To Be Single In First Year

Posted on 13th September 201913th September 2019 by Jasmine Davis

We all have a friend or five that have told us: ‘You can’t have a boyfriend/girlfriend at uni’. ‘You won’t embrace the uni lifestyle properly’. ‘It’ll be so hard’. It’s commonly thought that having a […]

University Poised To Introduce GPA System

Posted on 16th February 201826th April 2018 by The Gryphon Web Editor

Following participation in a successful Higher Education Academy pilot scheme, The University of Leeds is considering the possibility of introducing a grade point average system. The GPA system would run concurrently with the traditional degree classification system, but where the latter does […]

Everyday Descartes and applying philosophy to first year

Posted on 29th September 201730th September 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

“I think therefore I am” is a saying by the philosopher Descartes in which he portrays himself as a ‘thinking substance’, not a physical thing, and thus ties his existence to his mental self rather […]

Welfare at Leeds: dealing with difficult housemates

Posted on 11th November 2016 by The Gryphon Web Editor

At University we sometimes have a very limited amount of choice about who we end up living with. This is especially true about first year when you are thrown in student accommodation with strangers. Sometimes […]

Features | 10 Things You Learn in Your First Semester

Posted on 14th January 2014 by The Gryphon Web Editor

We did it, guys! After twelve gruelling weeks, we made it to the finish line relatively unscathed. Despite countless episodes of essay-induced despair where we may have threatened to throw in the towel altogether and […]

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