News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
Rory Hunt saw his UOG side win in the Western Conference Cup first round on Wednesday afternoon defeating USW (University of South Wales) 4-0 at Plock Court. After his side’s win on Wednesday, Hunt said: “It was a brilliant win from our boys. I thought we were intense throughout. “I thought tactically we were sound, […]
Cheltenham is a fairly large town located in Gloucestershire and is packed with things to do. However, a town this big comes with questions, and we’re here to answer them. Can you wear jeans to the Cheltenham races? When the Cheltenham races are on, people like to dress up smart in their suits with flat […]
University of Gloucestershire’s E-Sports Manager Ben Solomons will be busking with a flute on Cheltenham High Street this Saturday in order to raise money to support Movember. The entire E-Sports society has gotten behind him in support and have even decided the songs that he will be playing via a collaborative Spotify playlist. View this […]
Student nurses have it tough at the best of times, but throw a global pandemic into the mix and suddenly it makes it ten times harder. Izzy, 19, is a second-year student nurse who has only ever known nursing during a pandemic. She was thrown in at the deep end. With the first placement that […]
I turned 25 over the Christmas period and one of my birthday gifts was a mental breakdown. I battled with the feeling that, due to Coronavirus, I was missing out on crucial experiences that young people are meant to have. I had a quarter-life-crisis if you will. On reflection, I should be grateful. I was able […]
“I didn’t have human contact for a month.” Most students were unaffected by international travel restrictions. But for those that travelled from other countries to attend university, their stories are a lot different. After the country found itself in lockdown during Christmas, second-year Sports Journalism student, Drake Rogut, was left unable to travel home to […]
Phoebe Nott wants people to stop blaming students for everything I was in the queue to get into my local Wetherspoons. It was just before the 2nd lockdown. It was raining, I was wet, with no jacket because I wanted to look cute. We had been waiting outside for 40 minutes but I wasn’t mad, […]
Park Campus The University Gloucestershire campus is currently running asymptomatic testing for its students following governments advice for the Christmas period. The antigen test does not require laboratory processing and can turnaround results within an hour. Students are eligible to receive two tests before returning home for the Christmas Holidays. The NHS is also using […]