Life on campus
Green Week, 14 – 18 November – top tips for reducing food waste
The University produces around 70 tonnes of food waste per year. This week it's Green Week, so here are a few tips to save food and money... Did you know that each year we send ...
Grandpa goes to Cranfield
I hadn’t imagined I would ever be going back to university again, much less that I would go back as a full-time student. Thirty years of working in the corporate world of international telecoms and ...
My 8 favourite things about Cranfield
Cranfield is located in peaceful and quiet surroundings - not something that suits everyone, but it does mean you are away from the city chaos! This is one of the reasons I considered it an ...
Memories of Cranfield
I first saw Cranfield on my 21st birthday - 8th March 1974. I had been called to an interview for a place with my Professor S. Probert (Doug) in the School of Mechanical Engineering. I ...
Living in Cranfield village – how to arrange your off-campus accommodation
Living off-campus has its pros and cons. Being an international student, having dreamed of pursuing a higher education in a new country and environment that I was unfamiliar with, I had to make this tricky ...
Life as a mature student – a piece of cake?
When I finished my undergraduate degree five years ago, I was brimming with ideas and eager to start my working life. I even remember thinking to myself ‘I won’t be going back to full-time studying ...