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Discounted Living: How Students Are Thriving at University Without Overspending If you often find yourself juggling deadlines, social commitments and trying to make your last £20 last, until the weekend know that you’re in company. With the cost-of-living crisis tightening wallets and student finance not meeting needs todays students are developing a particular skill: inventive,ContinueContinue reading “Discounted Living”

On campus, it all looks effortless. A menu posted on a Snapchat story. A fresh lash set appears on someone’s Instagram feed. A simple “DM to order” caption followed by a flood of replies. To the customer, it feels instant, convenient, and almost casual. To the people running these businesses, it rarely is. Behind manyContinueContinue reading “DM-Driven Micro-Brands: The Student Businesses Running Behind Your Screen”

It’s rare to hear anyone say they “met someone on campus” anymore. The first move usually happens on a screen — a story reaction, a DM, a streak that somehow keeps going long enough to become a conversation. You see it everywhere: students in the LRC glancing between lecture notes and notifications, half in realContinueContinue reading “Modern Student Dating: Fast, Digital, and Shaped by Constant Online Visibility”

With living costs continuing to rise across the UK, University of Hertfordshire students are actively looking for new strategies to manage their day-to-day expenses. From discounted travel choices to budget-friendly shopping habits, many students need essential, and practical choices to stay afloat during the cost-of-living crisis. Here are some hacks to help you cut downContinueContinue reading “Strapped for Cash? The Most Effective Ways UH Students Can Cut Costs in Hertfordshire.”

Students at the University of Hertfordshire claim that the cost-of-living is reshaping their well being, financial routines, and academic lives. New national figures show that student budgets across the UK are under more pressure than ever. Recent surveys by student finance charities show that the average student now faces a 500+ monthly shortfall between theContinueContinue reading ““My money doesn’t stretch anymore”: University of Hertfordshire students speak out as UK student living costs hit record highs””

According to Times Higher Education, reports showed that between the academic years of  2021and 2022, “there were 58,700 undergraduate and postgraduate students”, that enrolled within media-related courses in the United Kingdom. Once called “Mickey Mouse” subjects, an article by the Guardian from 2024, quotes from The British Academy study, that these subjects and courses “playContinueContinue reading “Careers withinthe Media Industry”