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Editorials

Why You Should Consider Taking a Gap Year

Gap years often get a bad rep, but whether you’re a secondary school student no way near the task of deciding what to do after you finish school, or a sixth form student considering what options are available post-18 beyond the traditional route, thinking about a year out can be beneficial. So, here are five […]
Editorials

Some Advice for New Year 12s

Next week marks the start of a new school year, and for many, the start of year 12. Sixth form will surprise, impress and blindside you. So to help you know what to expect, here’s some advice from a newly minted year 13. Your learning is your responsibility In lower school, learning is very guided […]
health

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a useful technique that can help with your mental health. It can assist with stress; meditation mainly focuses on distracting your mind and paying more attention to your breath, or noises for instance. It also can reduce heightened anxiety for similar reasons. Mindfulness-based therapy helps you let go of worries. Surprisingly, the technique […]
Editorials

Dealing with Wanting to Drop Out

University can be one of the most challenging times in an individual’s life. Suddenly, you’re all away from home and the friends and family you love with a bunch of people who are so utterly different from you. You might not like your course, your ‘friends’ or the city you’re in. And suddenly you find […]
Editorials

Should masks really be mandatory in schools?

The Department for Education announced on 1 January that masks will be mandatory in classrooms for secondary school students. While people were expecting new rules after the Christmas break, many are angry about this new measure, and perhaps rightly so. While mask-wearing is something we’ve all had to get used to over the last two […]
Education

Are Universities Destined for Failure?

The impact of the pandemic opened many people’s eyes to the ongoing plight regarding universities. I’m not talking about the institutions themselves having issues with the way they’re run, although there is plenty of topics there. I’m talking about how it is infeasible that universities keep up their enrolment rate in the next decades, as […]
Editorials

Dealing with Lockdown: Annie’s Story

As part of Beep’s ‘Dealing with Lockdown’ series, Annie shares her experience as a student at the University of Manchester – from rent striking to starting a brand new university in a pandemic. September 2020. The beginning of a new academic year, which meant for many students a reunion with people actually in their age […]
Editorials

10 Signs You’ve Become A Cliché Year Abroad Student

For those of us that have just finished the last chapter of our experience living outside the UK, the post year abroad life can be a bit of a challenge. Not only because the adventure is over but because you have to deal with the fact that whether you know it or not, you’re probably […]
News

BNOCs: important or irrelevant?

When you go to university, you expect to leave behind the pettiness of popularity and status in school. No more should there be a popular group or popular people; there’s no need for the ‘cool’ group or the important group. Or so you think. Suddenly when you go to uni, the importance of popularity can […]
Editorials

5 Ways to Push Through That End of Semester Slump

It’s nearly June and you’re still working while some of your friends are done for the year. Your friends have Snapchat stories of themselves relaxing and enjoying their free time while you’re sitting in the library colour coding your revision timetable. Many students experience a feeling of exhaustion or a complete lack of motivation at […]
Editorials

First Year Problems #1

Hello there! Welcome to b**p‘s latest weekly column, First Year Problems. With a swanky new graphic and a brand new layout, I’m hoping that this re-vamped and re-vitalised column will be just as successful – if not more – as my old friends Year 10-13 Problems. Oh, in case you didn’t realise, it’s me (Lauren) […]