University of Southampton

Almost a year since my previous blog post so I will fill you in with what has been going on in my life! Last year shortly after my blog post I successfully applied for a position at Buckle Consulting, a local web design company close to campus. The job was ideal: web design being a [...]

So it’s Friday morning, its raining outside and deadlines are fast approaching but it’s not all doom and gloom! My 9AM tutorial finished early so I thought I would take the time to update the world with the recent events of my life. The University held an Engineering and Computer Science careers fair which I [...]

Jumpstart again…no I didn’t fail the first year, instead this year I was a helper. The day involved collecting my group from the introductory lecture, making ourselves lunch and then exploring Southampton in the city challenge. This year was a little different to last, instead of taking pictures of particular places around the City we [...]

So I make it about time for another overdue entry… I’m now approaching the end of semester 2, which is the end of the first year – how crazy is that!! The second semester has been much more Computer Science based, even though I’m a Software Engineer I’m on the Comp Sci course for the [...]

It’s been a good while since my last blog entry so I thought I would delight you with an update! So Christmas has been and gone which meant a nice piece of programming coursework which I thoroughly enjoyed writing. The two weeks after the Christmas break marked the end of semester one, which can only [...]

Over a month has flown by now since I arrived at Southampton but at the same time it feels like I’ve been here forever. Settling into halls and this new style of life hasn’t been a problem, everyone is so friendly and easy to talk to – you can’t go wrong! It feels quite weird [...]