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Last week I received my degree results and I'm thrilled to say I'm going to be graduating with a First Class MEarth Sci degree. That's...

Winner of the 2024 booker prize - Orbital by Samantha Harvey has been all over my tiktok, on my newsfeed, in the window of the local Waterstones, and then, lucky for me, wrapped up under the tree on Christmas day (thanks Mum!). The book is set over 24 hours on the International Space Station (ISS), following the thoughts and lives of the 6 astronauts on board. Beautifully written, it covers not only the experience of the astronauts but also some of the scientific principles

Another year down, and the end of 2024 marks two years of Lets Chalk About It being in existence. 2024 has yet again been a year filled...

So you got an Oxford interview but now you're freaking out and madly searching the internet for tips, tricks and what to expect! A photo of the Radcliffe Camera taken in November time. First of all, congrats! Getting an interview is an amazing achievement in itself and you should be proud. Second, the interview process is not designed to be a big scary test, its designed to see if the tutors would enjoy taking you on as one of their students and if you would enjoy being taugh

If there is one thing in life that fuels me it's coffee. Back in 2021, when 18 year-old Liv first arrived in Oxford, I hated the stuff. I...

Recently, I took a trip up to Edinburgh with my boyfriend for a wedding, and whilst we were there we had a day exploring the city, including a walk up Arthur's seat. The views were fantastic: a city rich with history, with a mountain in the middle and the beach at the side, is just incredible and I definitely want to go back! Whilst walking up Arthur's Seat, I made an effort to just look at (not talk about) the rocks in order to save my boyfriend form more geology chat than h

After our long walk the day before we woke up ready to devour the cooked breakfast provided at the Inn before lacing up our boots and setting off on the next leg of the journey. If you remember form the post before we had spent the night in Swanage, however between Swanage and Lulworth lay the Lulworth militry firing range, and, being a Tuesday, we were informed it was firing day so the land would be closed. We were somewhat relieved by this news actually as the walk between

The South West Coast Path stretches 1,014km across England's south western peninsula from Minehead in Somerset to Poole in Dorset. Part of the path goes across the Jurassic Coast, one of my favourite parts of the UK with it's spectacular geology, which is also home to the Belemnite Marls, the focus of my masters project that I'll be starting in October. A photo of Old Harry Rocks, the famous chalk arch and stack at Studland Bay, marking the most eastern point of the Jurassic

The past two weeks have been my finals, which is the name for our third year exams here at Oxford, although that is a silly word because...

It's the third week of trinity term here in Oxford and we are deep into the depths of exam season. Libraries are packed, people are stressed, and my laptop home screen says '6 days until exams' in bold letters. Exam season is full on and stressful, but I have also found it to be boring and even a little lonely. With everyone focused on their revision it seems like everyone feels guilty for having some fun and, especially amongst finalists, no one really has time for any maj

So once again I've been a little MIA for a while. Keeping up with the blog along with my university work provides somewhat of a challenge...

Hilary Term (the second term of the year at Oxford) has just begun and I thought I would take you through my week 1. Terms at Oxford last...

Over new year my boyfriend and I flew out to Dubai to spend the last weeks of the vac with my parents (and also in the sun!). The ten...

Looking back at 2023, what a year it has been! Plenty of geology, plenty of Oxford, plenty of time spent with family and friends, and...

Writing this article I’m currently in my 9th hour spent in Inverness airport after a long, long delay. Not a very fitting end to what was...

It's all well and good me writing about my experiences studying the Earth Sciences but as they say, a picture says a thousand words. So...

When visiting my parents in Dubai over the Christmas holidays we had a family day out at the Museum of Future. Located in a particularly...

Picture taken whilst on a hike at Fossil Rock, Dubai in 2019 Hi everyone and welcome to my first post! Thank you for taking the time to...