VP Education Manifesto 2019

My Manifesto is really simple. I’ve been a member of this University for four years now, four years that I value and cherish as some of the most important in my life. However, like many of us, I’ve been consistently frustrated by the seeming indifference of its upper management to the needs and priorities of the students under its guidance.

The University’s aggressive expansion policies have…

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Dealing with Impostor Syndrome: 5 Ways to Kill Your Inner Critic

New Blog! I’m really bad at handling post-submission anxiety, so I’m sharing my 5 best method for dealing with Impostor Syndrome. Take a look!

A few minutes before I typed the title of this blog, I submitted a creative piece to a tutor for some formative feedback. This feedback will not affect my final mark in any way. It will not make him like me any less. It will not cause me to be ridiculed in front of my peers (who have all been very supportive and kind in workshop). Still, when I hit ‘send’, I was overcome with dread. ‘It’s not…

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Odd Week

I woke up on Monday morning and couldn’t move the right half of my face. I thought I’d had a stroke. After a few panicky hours, it turns out I hadn’t, but instead have a condition called Bell’s Palsy, which basically means stress-induced facial paralysis. It should fix itself within a few months.

How does someone manage to wind themselves up so much that their face stops working?

I feel a book coming on lol.