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 Junius Ong | Oct 19, 2020 | Campus Life, Education, Inside Word 2020, Medical & Health Sciences
The first day medical school! What a throwback. It was definitely an experience. Much of the day was spent going through what to expect from medical school and how it all works. The highlight for us was the Whakanoa ceremony in the Human Anatomy Lab. Everyone was...
by Talia | Oct 15, 2020 | Inside Word 2020, Study tips
Sometimes, University gets overwhelming. Don’t get me wrong – I love studying, and I’m passionate about what I do, but there are times where I just feel totally swamped. At Uni, not only do you have to study, you also have to maintain your life. Now...
by Olivia Hubber | Sep 21, 2020 | Accommodation, Auckland Life, Campus Life, Inside Word 2020, Uni hacks
Hey all, I hope you have been doing well. Today I thought I would make a Q&A video with some current first years for you to get an understanding of what uni is like. In this video, we also made some very delicious banana chocolate chip muffins! As always if you...
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...
