Comment: University life and the start of your second year - 'the best year of all at uni'

Jonathan Blower is originally from Leamington. He attended Sunderland University for four years during the 1990s, where he qualified as a teacher and moved back to Warwickshire. He taught at four schools in Warwickshire and Coventry over the next 23 years and achieved a Master's Degree in 2012 before moving back to the North East (Newcastle upon Tyne) in September 2023 to take up a headship. He is currently vice principal at Durham Independent Grammar School and undertaking a Doctorate in Education at Newcastle University. Over a series of articles, he gives his advice on the post-A levels period and university. Here, he talks about the 'best year of all' at university - the second year.