The GRB Blog

Whether you are a first year faced with your first assessment period, a returning student starting to branch out to other commitments or in your final year trying to do it all before your university...

Read more

A few weeks ago I stood in Greek heat peeking my nose over a hotel wall. What should have evoked happy holiday memories of six years earlier jogged something quite depressing instead.

‘The scene of...

Read more

One in every five UK students say they don’t have a ‘true friend’ at University, according to a survey of more than 12,000 second and third years nationally. So what qualities should you look for in a...

Read more

Congratulations on embarking on your university journey and moving away! At this point, you have probably filled up your shopping carts with living essentials, but you may not have considered that...

Read more

As I am coming to the end of my university experience, I have taken a trip down memory lane remembering my first and second year and how different I am today. Looking back at the person I was at the...

Read more

Choosing a career can be a daunting task for many graduates, however, one career path that is often overlooked but has tremendous potential is becoming an insurance broker. This is a career path...

Read more

As a student, do you find yourself justifying your academic achievements or writing off your early professional experiences as unexplainable or the result of luck? Imposter syndrome is the condition...

Read more

As a student, the best gift you can give yourself over the holidays is a good rest, but this goes beyond just getting a good night's sleep. The last thing you want is to enter the new term already...

Read more

You may have been enthusiastic to start your summer job and having that extra money in your pocket to either spend or save for the future, but now you have decided to leave. This can be a difficult...

Read more

Everyone has that one person that they will never live with again. As a first-year student, you find out who that is pretty quickly. From stolen food to loud kitchen parties to dirty dishes. We all...

Read more