by Tom | Mar 25, 2021 | Inside Word 2021
Kia ora, hello! I’m finally back from my seemingly endless summer break, ready for another year of university (well, semester at least – let’s see how this one goes first and then reconsider!). For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Tom, a second-year BSc student...
by Tom | Nov 17, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Study tips
I have a feeling that you and I probably have a lot more in common than we both think. Up until just last week, one of the things we most likely had in common is that we hadn’t sat any university exams. Due to the disruptions of the unexpected COVID-19 (I use the word...
by Tom | Oct 21, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Money/Scholarships
In my last, last blog post I mentioned how the General Education Course I took in my first semester was all about accounting and understanding personal finances – so this week I thought I’d put my (very unqualified) accountant hat on and talk about money! But,...
by Tom | Sep 18, 2020 | Inside Word 2020
To be completely honest, on coming to university I had no clue as to what the teaching staff to student ‘relationship’ would look like – and in fact I found it a bit daunting. Coming from Year 13 where most of my classes were around ten people in size, I was...
by Tom | Sep 18, 2020 | Inside Word 2020
General whadda-hoo-ha? General thingy-ma-whatsit? Generally educated? When I was first applying for admission to the University of Auckland, I came across this thing called ‘General Education’ in the programme structure of the degree that I wanted to pursue (for me, a...
by Tom | Sep 3, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Science
If you’ve clicked on this (which you must have, so good choice), then hooray – you’re probably interested in studying the best thing that there is to study: Science. And that is 100% fact, I swear I’m not biased at all. No way! Well, no. I am slightly biased. If...
by Tom | Sep 1, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Money/Scholarships
Let’s face it. University costs money. And although your first year will most likely be fees free, there are still other costs related to university (as well as the fact that we all want to go out and do other, fun things that, unfortunately sometimes cost money)....
by Tom | Jul 30, 2020 | Auckland Life, Inside Word 2020
Kia ora! Greetings! Hello! Welcome! It’s great to meet you. Even though we are not meeting in real life I’d like to virtually shake your hand, give you an elbow bump or reciprocate an East Coast wave – whatever’s allowed these days. My name’s Tom and I’m a first-year...
