Dan (right) is 19 from Penzance, living off campus at the University of Brighton studying Media and Journalism. Photo courtesy of Dan What's the best thing about your uni? Definitely the people and the area. It's a great atmosphere with an amazing nightlife. We also have a beach here too. What's the worst? The cost. I'm nearly always broke, so to cover the...

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Barney is 19, from Cheltenham, living on campus in Fallowfield and studying Philosophy at the University of Manchester. Photo courtesy of Barney What's the best thing about your uni? The large and varied city of Manchester. What's the worst? Definitely the lack of contact time with lecturers. Have you enjoyed your first year? Yeah, it went better than I expected - nicer people and the...

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During my first year of university I met a lovely man named Matt and for the time we dated his camera was never left behind. I've had people ponder why this post is still on the blog despite the fact we're no longer together, but I don't believe in deleting every trace of my past and I have good memories with Matt. Both...

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...I'd be pretty damn exhausted afterwards. I've finally arrived home and am now settled in Cornwall and I'm not going anywhere for a few months now, to my dismay. I've left my boyfriend back in Keele to the hands of a 9-5 internship to complete his MA, and he's left me in the grips of a boiling hot bakery in Sainsbury's, to earn...

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Gracie is 19, from Cornwall, living off campus in a university managed house, studying English Language and Creative Writing at the University of Winchester. Photo courtesy of Gracie What's the best thing about your uni? For me the best thing is the people that I have met. I think that wherever you are whatever you are doing it is up to you to...

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Don't worry yourself, I'm not homeless! With my final semester now finished and only 2 more essays to receive feedback on, I've not got a whole lot to do. I don't start back at work for summer until around the 23rd of June and I see no reason why I can't spend these few weeks plodding up and down the country! Last weekend,...

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Jamie (first right) is 19 from Cornwall, living on campus at Warwick University studying Maths. Photo courtesy of Jamie What's the best thing about uni? It's in the countryside so it's pretty much just like what I'm used to back in Cornwall; lots of chances to explain to people not to touch stinging nettles and the like, I seem like a wilderness expert....

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