The Inside Word 2018
Working at Student Hubs – Notes and Tips
This year I started working at Student Hubs, the center for any university or library related inquiries at the General Library. You can imagine there is a very wide range of requests and people come in – PhD students juggling babies and their own brainchild,...
Maintaining Study-Life Balance In University
Growing up, I adored movies such as Pitch Perfect and Legally Blonde. They gave me the impression that university would be less stressful than high school. Not only would we be free from the tight and uncomfortable uniforms, but nagging teachers would also be a...
Grafton Hall – A glimpse into life across the bridge
Grafton Hall is a mystery to most, hidden away in the suburbs, it's hard to find unless you know where to look. But, in my unbiased opinion, moving there will be a decision you make and won’t regret. So, without any more fluff, let me offer you a glimpse into life across the bridge!
Securing a Scholarship
Scholarships are a great way to kick start your first year at university. Regardless of what year group you’re in, it's never too early or too late to start making a game plan.
A day in the life of a UOA student. Vlog
Hi, welcome to a day in my life as a first-year commerce student living in halls. Hope you enjoy this sneak peek of what a day looks like and feel free to leave any comments or questions down below! https://youtu.be/nJTZ17IZuwE
New Year, New Room, New Flat – What To Take?
Whether you are starting summer school or Semester One awaits next February, a return to Auckland brings in the universal student experience (unless you have been studying offshore) – moving into a new place. I remember before moving into halls I received a list of...
What I Learned About Being a Student While Working at a Resthome
Career anxiety. It seems more and more people are familiar with its symptoms – fear that they’re not on the right path, not meeting their goals in time, or that doing their best just isn’t enough. We live in a time, as Belgian psychotherapist Esther Perel says,...
How Can We Make Human Interactions Better, Post-Lockdown
The U.S. Surgeon-General Dr. Vivek Murthy said that throughout the pandemic, one of the most common lines he heard was, “Do we want to go back to 2019?” He also said that before COVID hit, there was a loneliness pandemic. COVID-19 just exposed how we had been...
Life after High School
Life after high school may seem like a foreign world. If your school life has come to an end, its understandable if you feel a range of emotions, from excitement, to fear, sadness or nostalgia. 13 years at school is a long time and it seems to end very suddenly! I...
Resources to Make Use Of
Once you become a student at UoA, you’ll find you get access to many new things. They come with hyperlinks hidden inside websites, newsletters, and emails; pamphlets are sometimes thrust into your hands, bullet points… often information overload. I’ve ended up...
The Inside Word 2022 needs bloggers!
So you’re an expressive and interesting writer? Want to get paid to produce awesome content while you study? Yeah... We thought so... For the last decade The Inside Word has been hosting blogs and vlogs in which current students share ‘the inside word’ on the...
Living Life in Auckland as a Student
How to find events, restaurants and community in the super city while you're a student.
What Law Has Taught Me About Life (so far)
I started out my BA/LLB conjoint studying psychology along with law. But quickly, I realised law is all about human relationships. The past two years have been so fascinating. Legal principles have dripped down into my everyday life and reasoning and I hope they’ve...
The Importance of Balance
There are probably a million articles on the Internet and a million people who urge you to balance your life. We all know it, too. The hard part is putting in practice, especially when we seem to live in an either/or society, where decisions seem extreme. To top it...
