The ultimate back 2 school guide: media edition -

The time has come; back-to-uni season has come around quickly, and no, it’s not just about your timetables and a notebook. it’s about showing up like the academic weapon you are, fully prepped and ready to face the fire.

Here is the ultimate back-to-school must-haves for media students📚:

Forget a boring backpack; we’re thinking oversized, comfy carry totes and structured handbags that’ll fit and keep your laptop extra safe while running between lectures and looking runway-ready.

The big phrase always uses media students is back up whether that’s a USB hard drive or the cloud. It’s vital to ensure you back up every single piece of content you create for your course in a safe little trinket, meaning if you’re a MacBook girly like me you’re going to most definitely need adapters to be able to connect your backup devices to your laptop. You can find these on Amazon for less than a tenner.

Cute noise cancelling headphones, do you want to give the, “I’m locking in with coursework” look? noise cancelling headphones are perfect to drown out any surrounding ambience you’re not interested in helping you focus on your own screen as well as an added bonus of looking chic while doing so.

(image taken by Emily Jemal)

Of course we cannot forget the classics, yes, you may be a media queen at heart but noting down points, brainstorming mood boards and essential information in lectures are always best written in a stylish notepad which also effectively helps keep track of your studies quite effectively and is essentially and old school back up of what you’re learning.

if you’re not a coffee drinker yet. you most likely will be once you start uni and caffeine will be your best friend, own a Stanley or cute ethic Sippy cups and bottles? Add them to your daily essentials because you’re going to thank me later, I promise.

next stop there’s going to be long hard-working days and get him through and might mean you want to always have a mini mirror on curry extra lip-gloss and maybe even some extra deodorant or spray. uni lectures may be 9-11 but you’re going to be living in your campus 90% of the time so bring them. looking good helps you feel good to keep going in the day!

as you’ll be spending at least 80% of your time on your laptop screens, a huge recommendation would be blue light lens glasses to help save your eyes from hours of a glory screen preventing headaches site deterioration an acute pair of glasses always add to a look.

With that, grab your cute new tote bag, mega bottle of hydration ( or caffine for our caffine queens) and get ready and set to be an academic weapon you were meant to be. ✨

By Emily Ayse Jemal.