05Mar/21

Staying Positive to Support Our Mental Health – Pok Lim Lai

March 5, 2021Student Ambassadors, Student Voice Ambassadors, StudentLife#PokLimLai #StudentVoiceAmbassadorStudent Services

The Pandemic has been a very challenging and difficult time for all of us. Social Distancing measures, travel restrictions, and other lockdown have resulted in a lot of people feeling low andRead More…

02Mar/21

Top 10 Tips to Maintain Positive Mental Health – Eloise Barnes

March 2, 2021Advice, Mental Health, Student Ambassadors, Student Voice Ambassadors#EloiseBarnes #StudentVoiceAmbassador, #MentalHealth, #UniversityMentalHealthDayStudent Services

Mental health is a difficult subject to talk about at times, but it shouldn’t be! A large majority of people have experienced a low point in their mental wellbeing, and it can have a large affect inRead More…

February 26, 2021

National Student Money Week – Tips for students from students

25Feb/21

Fairtrade Fortnight: The Importance of Sustainability – Pok Lim Lai

February 25, 2021Advice, Environment, Student Ambassadors, Student Voice Ambassadors#Fairtrade #FairtradeFortnight #Environment #Sustainability, #PokLimLai #StudentVoiceAmbassadorStudent Services

Sustainability has always been, and will always be, an important topic for us all to take into consideration, as it directly ties into the environment that we live in. A simple definitionRead More…

19Feb/21

RUBC ROW AROUND THE UK FOR CHARITY

February 19, 2021Fitness, StudentLifeStudent Services

Members of the Reading University Rowing Club (RUBC) have raised more than £1,000 in a virtual charity challenge. The team have been taking it in turns to virtually ‘row’ around the UKRead More…

18Feb/21

My experience of being a STaR Mentor – applications now open!

February 18, 2021jobs, StudentLife, volunteeringStudent Services

Applications are now open for Undergraduate, International Foundation Programme students and Postgraduate International students. What better way to find out about the role than talking to our current STaR Mentors about theirRead More…

16Feb/21

Ideas for Lockdown – Florencia Botta

February 16, 2021Advice, Lockdown, Student Ambassadors, Student Voice Ambassadors, StudentLife#FlorenciaBotta, #lockdown #activities #ideas, #StudentVoiceAmbassadorsStudent Services

Keeping connections Although apart, technology allows now to stay connected. Using the internet to talk with family and friends can be very refreshing. If you are tired of Zoom meetings and allRead More…

11Feb/21

What do you know about Chinese New Year? – Sampson Koo

February 11, 2021Events, Student Voice AmbassadorsStudent Services

Food? Lion Dance? Lanterns? Family gatherings? In this blog, I will be sharing some traditions during the celebration of Chinese New Year. This year may be different, but it is still anRead More…

11Feb/21

How to be More Productive During Lockdown -Susanna Chandra

February 11, 2021Advice, Lockdown, Student Voice Ambassadors, StudentLife, Study#productivity, #SusannaChandra #StudentVoiceAmbassador, #tips #adviceStudent Services

Just as we thought we were finished with lockdown last summer its back and unfortunately hit us harder than it did the first-time round, undoubtedly causing huge impacts on everyone in theRead More…

09Feb/21

Managing Sport & University Life – Lara Brittain

February 9, 2021Advice, Student Ambassadors, Student Voice Ambassadors, StudentLife, Study#balance #university #sport, #lara #larabrittain, #StudentVoiceAmbassadorsStudent Services

University life is all about balancing the workload, social life and sports which in my case is rowing. Training 10 times a week takes that to the extreme so still having aRead More…