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At The Student Times, we offer a wealth of information and advice on all aspects of student life. From tips on budgeting and managing your finances to advice on staying healthy and balancing your academic and social life, our articles and features provide insights and guidance to help you make the most of your college or university experience.
  • Young and Lonely: 7 tips to combat loneliness

    Young and Lonely: 7 tips to combat loneliness

    Sunday, December 5, 2021

    In our hyper-connected world communicating with others is easier than ever before. But the digital revolution has not eradicated loneliness and despite younger generations being the most active on social networks, they are surprisingly vulnerable.

  • How Playing Musical Instruments Can Benefit Students During Lockdown

    How Playing Musical Instruments Can Benefit Students During Lockdown

    Friday, July 3, 2020

    In this blog post, Hayes Music discusses the ways that playing musical instruments can benefit students during the coronavirus outbreak. Read on to find out more.

  • Endlesss Possibilties: How Students Can Meet During the Pandemic

    Endlesss Possibilties: How Students Can Meet During the Pandemic

    Thursday, July 9, 2020

    In many parts of the world, students are finding that their lectures and social lives are over for the time being, and yet in some countries the lockdown restrictions are slowly easing.

  • Time to Party: How to organise student events, support and communities online

    Time to Party: How to organise student events, support and communities online

    Monday, July 20, 2020

    Students often like to have a party as part of their social experience at colleges and universities. It’s not all just about studying to gain a qualification. The trouble is that, apart from a job or walk in a park, the parties and many other student activities have been curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • UK’s Top 10 Subcultures Revealed: new research

    UK’s Top 10 Subcultures Revealed: new research

    Friday, July 24, 2020

    56% of UK adults belong to a subculture NATURISTS, PUNKS, GAMERS & MODERN-DAY WITCHES - the UK's subculture scene is thriving with 56% of the population involved in a subculture according to new research by leading research and planning agency

  • Student Sexual Health

    Student Sexual Health

    Tuesday, September 1, 2020

    It’s a little scary to think that 25% of university first years will catch an STI, but you don’t have to be a statistic. With the right attitude and education, you can easily side-step the grim reality of STIs while at university and beyond.

  • Top Five Student Pastimes to Beat the Boredom

    Top Five Student Pastimes to Beat the Boredom

    Thursday, December 10, 2020

    Being a student is great fun as everybody is well aware. It doesn't exactly help the bank balance and before long you’re sitting in your flat on your own after the day’s lectures because you haven’t got any money, leaving you well and truly bored.

  • 52 per cent of students say their mental health has deteriorated or been affected negatively by Covid-19

    52 per cent of students say their mental health has deteriorated or been affected negatively by Covid-19

    Thursday, December 10, 2020

    NUS student survey sends clear message to government – invest in mental health now

  • Don’t gamble your way to graduation

    Don’t gamble your way to graduation

    Sunday, January 3, 2021

    Gambling might be a term that you associate with casinos, online poker chips and fruit machines, and it may not be something you associate massively with students. But according to research from the Young Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM), in 2019 almost half of students had gambled within the last year.

  • NUS student survey sends clear message to government – invest in mental health now

    NUS student survey sends clear message to government – invest in mental health now

    Sunday, January 3, 2021

    Over half of students’ mental health is worse than before the pandemic