Three languages? Yes, you can!

I wouldn’t change my degree combination for anything, and so I thought it would be a good idea to share the top four reasons why studying three languages has been the best choice for me (and quite possibly for you too!) [Find out more...]

Best Things about the BA in Modern Languages

(No, it’s not free yoga lessons. Although there’s an idea…)

Choosing just one subject to study at university seemed downright impossible! So I didn’t. I picked one of the few courses where I could actually study three subjects, and it’s been the best decision I’ve ever made.

Here’s a seven-part ode to the BA in Modern Languages at Warwick, a wonderfully flexible course for indecisive people! [Find out more...]

So much more than Freebies: Ten Reasons to attend an Offer Holder Day!

Attending an Offer Holder Day might seem like it’s not worth the hassle: if you have already previously attended an Open Day, live far away, are in despair over train strikes, or simply in denial about taking the next step in your educational life, I know where you’re coming from! However, after attending both Warwick’s Open Day and Offer Holder Day for Modern Languages a couple of years ago, I can promise you that there is honestly so much to be gained from coming along (beyond the freebies)! Don’t believe me? Let’s see if I can change your mind with ten reasons to attend…[Find out more...]

What I wish I’d known before starting university: Five reasons to not be worried

I’m not someone who likes change, in fact, I’m pretty averse to it. When you’ve got something good, why change it, right? But change is a pretty unavoidable part of life, whether it’s in the form of going to a new school, making new friends, living in a new home…or starting university. [Find out more…]

Not the accommodation you wanted? Don’t panic!

I knew, I always knew, that in Warwick’s Accommodation contract it stated very clearly that you had to put down six choices of halls and ‘be prepared to receive any of them’, but to be honest, I took that caveat with a pinch of salt. Realistically, I was going to get Lakeside, or Heronbank, or Sherbourne. Maybe, in the worst of worst cases, I’d end up with my fourth choice of Claycroft. But the fifth and sixth choices? No way. Or so I thought… [Find out more…]

What to expect from the first day at university

I wish I’d known what to expect when starting at Warwick. So I thought I would write about exactly that… [find out more…]

Try everything!

Try everything. What a versatile phrase. It’s the name of Shakira’s song in Zootopia that I heard a thousand times too many when we were forced to choreograph a dance to it in Year 9 PE. It was the advice of practically everyone I knew when I said I was starting university. And it’s definitely the advice I would pass on to you — with one key caveat to ‘try’ and not ‘commit to’ everything! [Find out more…]

Fear not! Seven fears about the Year Abroad and seven solutions

One constant of every Open Day at Warwick is the final-year students talking about their great experiences on the Year Abroad. I remember listening attentively to their incredible stories, in awe of the success of these students… but also sceptical. “If I went on a Year Abroad,” I would think to myself, “I wouldn’t have such a great time”. Little did I know what was in store… [find out more…]