#YouCanChangeThis at University

YouCanChangeThis at Uni

By: Julia Ngadi As a student, I feel that violence against women and girls (VAWG) is widespread in universities, and those universities have not always acted effectively on this issue. In recent years female students have reported experiencing a variety of unwanted behaviour whilst at university from verbal and non-verbal harassment to serious physical/sexual assault.…

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I did Accountancy – Do you want fries with that?

accountancy

By: Farah Khan One day all of us get separated from one another, people get married, some move abroad and some pass away. Days, months, years pass, and our contact becomes rare. One day our children see the old photos or pick up an old valentine card and ask, ‘Who is this?’ And we smile…

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Dealing With A Bad Day

Bad Day

By: Mariam Naeem Let’s face it. We’ve all had tough days. Days so bad and stressful it leaves your mind aching and you feeling physical pains. I tend to suffer from chest pains and stomach aches due to stress and I’ll be honest, it isn’t pleasant. We all have these bumps in the road and…

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Success is Not a One Way Street

Success

By: Kiran Dhanda Throughout my life I was led to believe that a successful individual is one who is able to attend university pretty much straight after high school, gets married after getting their graduation and begins a family.  However, I was never quite able to convince myself to reach any level of motivation to…

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Watercolours, Sculptures, Abstract, My journey into Art

Watercolours

By: Lababa Naqvi I never thought that a carrot would be the source of my inspiration.  Somehow I still remember every single detail of it. It was 1982 I was in my school hall, grade One in American Montessori school in Dubai and we were having our leisure time meaning we were free to do…

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From University to the World of Work

uni to work

By: Tomiwa Folorunso June 2017. I was sitting in a park in London with my best friend, the day after the second interview for a graduate job that I had my heart and soul set on when I found out my degree classification. A 2:1 in History from the University of Edinburgh. Relief, I shrieked,…

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Calling all Aspiring Entrepreneurs!

Entrepreneurs

By: Usman Majid Tell us a bit about Deenspiration and how this process came about? “Deenspiration basically came of the back of a project called Ramadan Legacy, which was an app that a team and I made together to help people perform worship in Ramadan. So the idea of creating a platform which is very…

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Unleash your true potential

Unleash your potential

By: Farah Khan How many times have you heard someone complaining about their job? How many times have you heard someone fantasize about starting a business from home? Who wants to grow old full of regrets about their career choices? No one! Do you have what it takes to turn your hobby or passion into…

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Volunteering…It will benefit you, trust me

Amina Volunteers Full 2018

By: Issmat Ahmad And…ACTION! In my few years of experience, I have realised one of many things – firstly that my passion won’t come to me if I just think hard enough (and believe me, I tried!) And two, discovering my potential will only surface from experimenting, and volunteering became the gateway for this to…

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