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Category: Lifestyle

Size 8 and Too Big To Model

After being told at a model casting with a top UK modelling agency that, at just over 8 stone, she … More

Anna Mackenzie, beauty, body positivity, fashion, fashion industry, glasgow university, health, models, plus size, Rosie Nelson, University of Glasgow

Dr Strangeloaf: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Corn

You’re a coeliac, Laura.’ ‘I’m a what?!’ Gawping incredulously at my GP, his stream of indecipherable medical jargon soaring straight … More

Coeliac, diet, Dr Strangeloaf, glasgow university, gluten, gluten free, health, Laura O'Donnell, nutrition, University of Glasgow

Going Sober for October

You may have seen that a number of QMU members are ditching the booze for the month of October in … More

alcohol, alcoholism, booze, charity, glasgow university, hannah burke, scotland's booziest uni, sober for october, sober october, University of Glasgow

Travel Writing: “Study China” – Shanghai, China

“Just wait until we turn this corner and you see it, it’ll blow you away,” my friend said as we … More

china, glasgow university, niall gray, Shanghai, study abroad, Study China, tourism, travel, University of Glasgow

Organisation Techniques: How Do We Manage?

One of the downsides of returning to the grind is that your horizon starts to fill up with assignments and … More

glasgow university, health, Life, Natasha Baldassarre, Organisation, stress, University of Glasgow

DIY Shabby Chic: How to Decorate your Flat on a Budget

On the whole, student flats tend not to look like show homes or flats in glossy magazines such as Home … More

art, Arts and crafts, DIY, flat, Francesca Allanson, glasgow university, home, recylcing, shopping, University of Glasgow

Travel Writing: Thailand – My cultural Kick Up the Backside

As the plump little woman sat on my thighs and punched me repeatedly in the back, I felt more than … More

glasgow university, louise wylie, Thialand, tourism, travel, travel writing, University of Glasgow

Kicking Our Junk Habit: Do Bans and Regulations Really Make us Eat Healthier?

Public health is a tricky field for campaigners: it’s considerably less glamorous than a lot of other causes. Policy responses … More

annina claesson, fast food, junk food, lifestyle, mcdonalds, sugar tax

Conversations with my ‘Inner Voice’: Finding unexpected motivation.

You know that little voice that always appears in your head right before you make a particularly ‘treat yo self’-esque … More

22 day habit, lifestyle, motivation, self-control, will-power

Travel Writing: 24 Hours in Pisa

Pisa was my final destination of a 9-day-long trip; I wouldn’t say that it was “last but not least,” because … More

europe, italy, michelle roisinski, pisa, travel, travel writing

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