Zoë Conroy
BA (Hons) Photography
The Scottish Student Survival Kit
The Scottish Student Survival Kit offers an experience‑driven look at preparing for university life in Scotland. Instead of another earnest list of pots and pans, the project draws from Zoë Conroy’s time at Edinburgh Napier University, reflecting on what students truly use, forget, or desperately wish they’d packed.
It embraces the realities of Scottish student culture, unpredictable weather, long nights, and the delicate art of balancing study, work, and a social life that often begins when lectures end. Ultimately, the kit celebrates the organised chaos of student living and poses a simple, revealing question: What’s in your bag?

