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Hello! It's Matt here. Welcome back to Stridi Towers. It’s the time of year when everyone is meeting potential housemates, fitting in house viewings between lectures and putting your name down on that perfect house right next to the bus stop. Even if it does have a small kitchen. That is, unless you’re lucky enough to have found your perfect set of housemates in first year, and you don’t need to move again for the whole of uni.  Photo by Daria Shevtsova from Pexels But if you’re not quite so fortunate, I’m here to provide you with a few tips for finding the perfect house, as well as the perfect housemates. First of all, I'll clarify that its worth contacting your university, as many unis have a message board for people looking for housemates. Or, at the very least, they'll be able to point you in the direction of the accomodation team, who will have some handy information for you. However, if you’ve reached third year and you’re a house-hunting...

Hey guys! It’s Matt here.  I’ve been wondering what to write for my latest blog post – we’ve covered fitting into your new house, as well as surviving third year, and we’ve had some awesome people sharing some great stuff about close friendships at uni, being in denial about your anxiety, surviving in the workplace and overcoming social anxiety.  Photo by bruce mars from Pexels So….. what next? Well, I thought I’d tell you a story about my own loneliness during university. I did my BA degree over four years. It was only a three year course, but I ended up repeating second year for various reasons. During second year and fourth year, I had years where I found some genuinely awesome people to live with and I made friends who I’ve stayed in touch with. They were my happiest years.  But in between… it was a different story. So lets head to third year (which...

Hello! My name is Matt. I’m a former Bath Spa Uni student, self-confessed anxious-wreck and overall nice guy. I’m a bit shy and anxious, as you can probably guess from the fact that I’m writing an advice piece on avoiding loneliness at uni. Of course – uni is such an exciting time in your life, a time when you’ll make your “forever friends”, get rather jolly and eat far too much pizza. But beyond the lolz, the empty bottles of fizzy pop on the windowsill and the Two for Tuesdays, student life can be a lonely place. So, here I am - a graduate with 5 years of student experience - to give you some tried and tested methods to sustain a happy, lively and active lifestyle. 1. First Round On Me? Something that no self-respecting student is ever going to decline is a free drink. Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder…. Or something like that. I got to my third year and found myself moving in with a house of strangers. Thankfully, I had the chance to meet a couple of them befo...