Like Ben, Tamzin is 19 years old and has never got the chance to go to a nightclub in the city she goes to university in. The recent fresher in Birmingham is a pop music fan and alongside her studies acts as the digital editor at University of Birmingham’s student newspaper Redbrick. All those currently at university have had their learning and social experiences disrupted over the past year or more, but none more than those who have just come to the end of their first year. “We’ve missed out on the typical student experience of being able to go to nightclubs and mix with people in societies,” says Tamzin. “It’s been difficult to do many of the things we’d normally get to do.”
And like Ben once more, she too was a regular gigger, but does not know what to expect when the time comes for her to set foot inside a proper club for the first time. “Before the pandemic, I was used to always going out to gigs and concerts, so I definitely feel like I’ve missed out on a lot of things,” she adds. “I’m looking forward to the chance…
