Surrey meets Africa

An insight into life at Surrey from current African students

A trip to the West Midlands

Hi everyone! We received some encouraging news this week as anyone over the age of 18 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland became eligible to go online and book a COVID vaccination appointment! This came just as we saw a rise in the number of coronavirus cases and an increased concern over the new Delta […]


A summery weekend in the life of a placement student: I

Hi everyone! First and foremost, I hope that you are all having a lovely bank holiday weekend. This past week has been another to enjoy in the third stage of the English government’s planned lockdown easing with this week being particularly enjoyable due to the sunny weather. In this blog post, I thought that it […]


Deciding to move back into halls after placement: II

Hi everyone! This past week has been a wonderful week in England with regards to the easing of lockdown restrictions as we entered the third stage of the government’s planned lockdown easing. Among other re-openings, indoor locations like entertainment venues such as cinemas as well indoor adult group sports and exercise classes resumed with the […]


Deciding to move back into halls after placement I

Hi everyone! In my last blog post, I alluded to my decision to move back into halls after placement. I stated that I would go into depth about this decision in a future blog post. At last, the time has come; let’s talk about my university accommodation experience. This first post in this series is […]


Outdoors is the new indoors

Hi everyone! The country received some amazing news last week with the government starting the second stage of its ‘Roadmap out of Lockdown’. With this, comes the reopening of non-essential retail; personal care premises such as hairdressers and nail salons; and public buildings, including libraries and community centres. My favourite part about this is the […]


Looking forward to summer in the UK!

Hello again everyone and happy Spring if you’re currently in the Northern hemisphere! The weather has been so lovely in the last couple of weeks here in the UK, and although the next week seems to be a bit gloomy here, I am hopeful that the sunshine will return in no time. The UK during […]


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