New to campus and looking for meaningful connections in a calm, welcoming space?
Join us at the Library speed friending event. Meet other students looking to make new friends at the ultimate low pressure social with conversation prompts to make getting to know other people easier. No loud music, no overwhelming crowds - just calm, genuine connection. Whether you’re shy, sensitive to sensory input, or just prefer meaningful chats over small talk, you’ll find friendly faces and kind conversations here.
The Portsmouth student bucket list: 15 things to do for under £20 (in total!)
University is about more than lectures and deadlines. Whether you're new to Portsmouth or returning for another year, here's a student-friendly bucket list of memorable experiences you can complete without breaking the bank. With the start of a new academic year approaching, it's easy to focus on timetables, reading lists and assessment deadlines, but the memories you will make of university will often happen outside the classroom.
Here's just a few suggestions to add to your bucket list challenge - see how many of these Portsmouth experiences you can tick off during the year - can you manage them all for less than £20 in total this coming year?
Do you combine passion with action to create concrete results in nature conservation? Future For Nature are looking to fund a standout young conservationist who can demonstrate passion, commitment, vision and integrity in impactful conservation work they have led so they can continue to fund their individual conservation work. If that sounds like you, apply now for your opportunity to win funding to grow your conservation career.
Good and bizarre news stories from around the world
If you miss the days when the news told you what had happened in the world, before it became an instrument of unending panic, you'll enjoy these good news stories from around the world of the wonderful, the hopeful, and the optimistic, and my absolute favourite - the downright bizarre.
Better browsing - getting the most from Edge and Chrome
The default browsing experience offered by modern browsers isn't for everyone. Bright, cluttered screens with unnecessary images and adverts can make web content unreadable for many people. Happily, for many websites, you can customise the look and feel with a couple of mouse clicks in modern browsers.
Both Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome come bundled with features and free downloadable extensions that can turn your web browser into a screen reader, strip visually cluttered webpages back to simple text in your preferred font and colour scheme, and help you navigate and speed read pages with ease, and that's without using their built-in AI to translate, summarise or simplify page content.
