“Are you a secondary school student wanting to know what life is REALLY like at uni? Classes, courses, events, money, studying, stressing… You’re about to get the Inside Word on all of it, straight from the people who are experiencing it. The Inside Word is a blog written by first year uni students and they are going to tell you everything you want to know about your first year of study at the University of Auckland.”

How to get out of a winter funk when living in halls

Hello, hello and happy August, everyone! My name is Amy, and I am a second-year student living at Carlaw Park Student Village. Winter has never been my favourite season, and I feel that cloudy skies, gloomy weather, cold, cold wind, and neverending rain bring about a wave of low motivation,...

Finding a Sense of Place: How an Introvert Found Her People in Uni

Scientific articles and brainiacs have been trying to put the word out there about what seems to be a blinding flash from the obvious – we need people!  With all these articles and calls from mum about how your friends at uni are doing, ‘making friends’ starts to feel like a chore. Gotta chat...