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The End

The final term of university (as apparently with all other ones) has flown by almost without me noticing. The intermittent deadlines have aided this speedy time-flow, and whilst precipitating no periods of complete stress in which everything is due at

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Winding Down

My final term at University! Even as I write these words I don’t think I’ve fully comprehended the existential enormity of this situation. After spending much of the rest of my life knowing what is coming next, the end of

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Winding down for Christmas

This has been the most challenging but the most rewarding term of my university life so far. In my previous two years at Bristol, my progress had been almost exclusively assessed via exams; however, this year is more heavily weighted

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Homely, work-filled, fun-packed Bristol

After spending much of the summer in Bristol, the summer transformed into my third year at university almost without me noticing. It is truly where I call home now – given that I’m living in the same house and working

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Exam Stress and New Kinds of Philosophy

Thank goodness that’s over! By the end of the exam period the inside of the library had reached an alarming point of familiarity. I always find the beginning of revision easier as the content of what one is learning isn’t

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Preparing for philosophy essays

After needing to re-adjust to the business of university life in the former half of term, the latter has been comparatively calm! Now acquainted with the workload, I have found it far easier to know how long each piece of

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Back in Bristol

Back in Bristol! After an eventful summer, I was ready to get back into university life. The first challenge was writing three essays in the first five weeks of term. This seemed a daunting task, supplemented by the added pressure

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