Uni Unfiltered

In the sixth episode of Uni Unfiltered, your host Isabel (@isabelthearcher) sits down with her teammates from Vanbrugh Women's Rugby: Char, Grace and Katie. Recorded in June 2025, we reflect on the three girls finishing uni and their experiences studying, socialising and working. With lots of Vanbrugh lore dropped and various references to Wednesday Socials, this is a vibrant episode full of great one-liners from Katie.

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timestamps:

00:00 intro

03:21 katie's invisible string

08:30 best and worst uni experiences

10:50 terms vs semesters

13:06 placement years

15:14 playing sport at uni

22:08 fav nightclub in york

27:43 varsity 2025

33:49 sports committee

38:02 college sport friends

43:53 spotting people on campus

45:51 three things to pack for uni

57:24 outro

In the fifth episode of Uni Unfiltered, your host Isabel (@isabelthearcher) and co-host Ollie, sits down with Toby and Arthur (from episode one!) to chat all things uni life. We discuss joining sports societies at uni, from Rugby to Volleyball, and the impact this has had on their uni experience. As the two social secs of Vanbrugh Rugby, Toby and Arthur discuss their favourite Wednesday socials, the good, the bad and the ugly. We also talk about the stereotypical lad culture surrounding rugby, and what they have done in the Vanbrugh club to avoid this unhealthy atmosphere. Finally, it must be mentioned how Toby tells some excellent stories throughout the episode from Yummy Chicken fights, to the ramifications of criticising a stranger's pool skills in Stone Roses.

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Timestamps:

00:00 intro

00:39 guest introduction

01:33 joining sport societies at uni

05:41 applying to be social secs

10:35 stereotypical rugby culture

13:37 favourite wednesday social

16:24 oú est le poule social

20:37 yummy chicken encounters

27:47 stone roses pool incident

30:43 more fav socials

38:47 three things to pack for uni

44:09 outro

In the fourth episode of Uni Unfiltered, your host Isabel (@isabelthearcher) and co-host Ollie, sits down with Anabeth and Val to chat all things uni life. We dive into their experience of Fresher's Week, living in an AirBnB with five girls they had never met before, and the friendships they have subsequently formed. We discussed their experience of setting up a new society, Sapphic Society, and the impact this has had on the queer community space of York. We also chat about clubbing in York, finding your people and the highs and lows of living in a all girls house.

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Timestamps:

00:00 intro

01:13 guest introduction

04:40 freshers week in an airbnb

07:09 val & anabeth become friends with ollie

11:16 sapphic society

21:27 living in an all girls house

30:46 ranking york clubbing

43:02 york clubs final ranking

45:39 three things to pack for uni

In the third episode of Uni Unfiltered, your host Isabel (@isabelthearcher) sits down with Lucy and Syuzanna (in the first girl's only conversation) to chat all things uni life. We dive into the chaos of netball socials - dressing up as Mission Impossible, purple minions and more! - the drinking culture at university & our collective love and hate relationship with Salvos. Plus, we discuss the ups and downs of working part-time whilst studying towards a degree and share our thoughts on poor uni accommodation, balancing work and fun, and what makes the student experience so unique at York!

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In the second episode of Uni Unfiltered your host Isabel sits down with co-host Ollie (from the first episode!) and two new guests: Jake and Sophie to have the podcast's first double date! In this episode we discuss what it's like to date at uni and the hook-up culture that we've experienced. We also discuss how we all ended up at the University of York, and the Oxbridge rejections that some in the group have faced. Finally, we discuss what it's like studying a humanities degree at a Russell Group university - would we recommend it to our A-Level selves?

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In the first episode of Uni Unfiltered, your host Isabel sits down with Ollie and Arthur to talk candidly about all things uni. We discuss our Freshers Week experiences, the importance of joining societies (especially Rugby teams!) and finding a balance between working part-time and studying at University.

Keep up-to-date with the podcast on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/uniunfilteredpod/

and your host @isabelthearcher

https://www.instagram.com/isabelthearcher/

https://www.tiktok.com/@isabelthearcher?tab=Followers&lang=en&type=webapp

https://www.youtube.com/@isabelthearcher1

Let us know any feedback you have by commenting below, or sending a DM to @uniunfilteredpod on IG! Thank you so much for listening :)