“8 good reasons to be a student”

1) There are lots of reductions for student: reductions to cinema, swimming pool, museum, amusement park, bowling, sport center to concerts, to matches... These reductions allows to do more activities next to the studies.

2) Parties, friends, music, night club, alcohol are the watchwords of student life.

3) Liberty: no children, no parents = NO PROBLEMS !

4) Food: MC Donald is your best friend when you are student: he offers a free hamburger with the card student

5) Majority: driving licence, a flat = Independence, autonomous

6) Because you got out a lot: the friends of your friends become your FRIENDS !

7) As you go out and so tired that he will still need a little vacation, I think 3 or 4 months will be sufficient

So, when you are student impossible is nothing !

Student life in Clermont-Ferrand

Subject : Student’ Thursday  Night

Thursday night is party night for the most of students. Why ? Because for students who don’t live in the city where they study, it’s the last night before coming back home. What do staps students on Thursday ?

Alexis : I start my evening at my basketball training. After I go to see my best friend who organises parties every thursday. But I have to come home not late because, this semester, I have sport with Staps at 8 on friday.

Thibault : For my thursday night, I join my friends to start the party in a flat and after we go to the Bbox (night club). That’s why my friday morning are difficult because I start at 8h.

Florian : This year, I like to go to parties because I have not courses the friday morning. I often join friends during the evening and we go to parties.

Last year, I couldn’t often to go to parties because I had swimming pool and gymnastic the friday morning, so I profit.

Clément : For me, I’m not very enthusiastic about party. Sometimes, when there is a party with STAPS, I do it, because it is my school. But, in the other moment, I prefer rest in my flat. In fact, sometimes I like to watch TV. There is some football on TV Thursday. Moreover, I have football training the Wednesday and the Friday, and I have match on the Saturday, so, it’s good to stay.

Welcome to our Clavier blog

Hi everyone!

Welcome to our Clavier blog, we've been busy reading lots of blog entries about student life from students at the Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand. In order to choose the blog entries to publish we created the following criteria:

- The blog is clear and easy to understand, message is communicated well

- The blog includes a captivating image

- The blog gives an insight into a particular area of student life

- The blog exhibits a degree of reflection.

- The content of the blog is appropriate, given it will be published on the Internet

- The blog has a clear link to university life

- The blog has a positive, yet realistic tone with regards to student life

- The blog entry should be of a reasonable length, not too long or too short

In our subsequent blog entries, we will be posting the blogs that we thought best met the criteria. 

Reading these blog entries has given us a real insight into the lives of students in France, we hope you think so too!

Amy Thornton & Dawnesh Mistry