There are lots of students out there talking about university firsthand in blogs or on their own websites. Reading some of them will give you a good idea of what it's like to be a student, or study at a particular university.

Ok many blogs are often rarely updated, boring or filled with useless rubbish, but I have managed to find a few which are generally interesting and should give you a good picture of university life.

If you have a good blog or website about your time at university please get in touch.

My application diaries

	Applying to university diary An in-depth account of my progress to university covering the Ucas process, applying for financial support, receiving offers and going to interviews. This should be a useful guide for anyone who's applying to university but is unsure of the procedure.
	Essex university diary This diary continues where the application diary left off and tracks my progress at Essex University. I haven't got round to updating it recently so it ends a couple of weeks into the first term, but you may still find it interesting.

Student blogs

	Ella's Journal One of the most interesting student blogs around, Ella's Journal is run by Ella (obviously), a first year psychology student at the University of Nottingham. This blog contains interesting information on student work and life in general.
	Well of Lost Minds A blog by a first year physics student a Durham, this blog talks about the work, the university and other general student musings. Unlike many student blogs this one is pretty interesting to prospective students and stays on topic fairly well.
	Student Dredd An interesting blog for prospective lawyers, Student Dredd tracks the progress of a first year law student. The blog looks at law and general university stuff in equal parts and has a handy counter with the number of days the author has been a law student.
	A mature student's weblog A blog by a slightly older student here. The author is 24 and is studying computing at the University of Central Lancashire. Because of this part of the weblog is computer orientated but there's still lots of interesting stuff.
	T J Wood Tom Wood is a first year at Bristol studying computer science. In addition to lots of information about life and work at Bristol, the blog also has some interestingf photos of some of the halls. The blog is quite quiet at the moment, but will hopefully continue next year, and looking back over the previous months makes some interesting reading.
	Pkonline The author of this blog calls himself a dumb medic, and has just finished his first year at Imperial College, London - studying medicine of course! His blog is full of interesting stuff about life at medical school and life in London.
	Rednirt
	Diary of a UK Law Student Trials and tribulations of a law student at the University of Reading, UK
	A sibilant intake of breath A Canadian graduate student documents the Oxford graduate experiance
	Tragic stories are the best ones The author of this blog isn't at uni yet, but will be attending Oxford next year if she gets the grades.

Student blogging sites

medschoolguide blogs

Student websites

Matlock top floor A small site by students at Nottingham University who live on Matlock top floor. The site only really has photos and a few quotes but is still worth a look

Dead blogs and diaries

These are websites and diaries created by students which haven't been updated for a while. Though they've been abandoned by their owners, you may still find them interesting reading.

A Students Life A blog from a student at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen who's studying Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
Stories of a Fresher A student-specific blog from a first year economist at Manchester.
Three-headed monkey
philsworld An interesting blog on uni life by a student at Anglia polyechnic which stopped last year due to lack of time.
Karen Bonney's Journal What looked like it could be an interesting blog finished in freshers week!