Humans of Portsmouth

I wish I laughed more ...

The plan was always to go to a Russell Group university, that’s what my brother did ...

Over the summer just gone I just kind of sat on my bed and thought ...

Being gay doesn’t define if you can do a sport ...

As a student, it's important to first learn how to learn ...

I’m really, really glad I came to university. It’s been the best three years of my life ...

I’m an international student. I isolated myself a lot ...

Last year I gave myself the advice don’t always think you have the time to do something ...

University is where you come to get your degree. But your Students' Union? That’s where you make your memories ...

I think my favourite memory is the circle of friends that I’ve been a part of ...

This is actually my fifth year of playing at the graduations ...

I think the best part of the day was seeing the people that I met on my course ...

I’ve made some great friends ...

I was a little bit nervous this morning ...

Distance Learning allowed me to work and study at the same time ...

I have a sister, she’s 13. Eight year’s difference ...

I’ve been working at the Union since first year ...

It’s really interesting for me ...

I label myself as worthy if I have someone who loves me ...

I’m half Iraqi and half Moroccan but was born in England. It’s my second year playing for the Moroccan basketball team ...

Being a woman in a totally man’s world is hard ...

One of my boyfriends is trans. I’ve been dating him for nearly four years now ...

I was very nervous coming out to my mum. I must admit I was in a real bad place before I said anything because I wasn’t happy in myself ...

Last night my boyfriend and I were hugging when ...

Do not keep it to yourself, that’s the worst thing to do ...

When we train the Sabbs we teach them about “lollipop moments” ...

Sometimes I feel like I mess up a lot ...

I have a friend who is an account director. Lives in Southampton, commutes to Guildford ...

The opportunity to live a traditional life has changed, hasn’t it ...

I'm from Qatar, in the Middle East. But I have an American accent ...

Second year I had a nightmare with my housemates. There was a girl I lived with who, in the end, fell out with everyone ...

I was born in Portsmouth but what brought me to the uni was my girlfriend ...

It’s always nice to have our culture celebrated ...

We’ve had quite a few people ask us if Afro Caribbean Society is open to different cultures ...

I was a scout and then an explorer scout ...

I’m going to teach English in China soon ...

There’s a big issue at the moment concerning Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority students ...

I was on my year abroad in Canada when my nan died. It was around February time ...

I grew up in a white area. When I say white, it’s literally a little village full of old white people ...

The Langstone beach was my safe haven in first year. I went there to reflect when things got hard ...

For the longest time I had suppressed this notion of me being gay so much that I had started to just forget about it ...

As a kid I loved X-Men ...

My university experience would not have even been comparable if I hadn’t have got involved with sport ...

I’m a part of Women’s Rugby. I know some people see it as a men’s sport ...

I’ve set up my own business in maths tutoring ...

I used to be scared of everything ...

If you think about it statistically, there has to be life in space ...

Being around people has a certain pressure to it. I can’t really describe it ...

I can be quite a quiet person. In class I’m not very vocal sometimes ...

We first knew each other through getting involved with UPSU media ...

I handed in my masters today so it was a big day ...

I had a mental health relapse in my third year of university. I was so close to dropping out because I hadn’t written my dissertation ...

I thought my mum was taking me to the doctors about an ear infection but she wasn’t ...

elieve in yourself, always. That’s my grandfather's motto ...

I used to be a typical meathead. I was a powerlifter and was competing nationally ...

My parents were supportive when I told them I wanted to study in the UK ...

At uni we learnt about non-competitive education and I kind of adopted that ethos ...

I hate that when you grow up as a girl you’re given dolls to play with and boys are given cars ...

This is really nerdy but here’s me with that new ship. That was like my favourite thing ever, it’s so weird ...

I didn’t choose to come into the student world. But there’s something about it that gets hold of you and won’t let go ...

When I was thirteen I was shipped to Nigeria by my parents. I was naughty at school. I was a lairy little kid ...

The world would be a lot happier if equality really existed. Not just economically but emotionally as well ...

There were some really tough moments in my career because I would never compromise on matters of principle ...