Study Corner in Glasgow, Scotland

Name: Merve

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Occupation: Postgraduate student

Room size: 20 m² (215 ft²)

Cost of the setup: $693 (£500)

Social media: YouTube and Instagram

Hey, Merve! Tell us a bit about yourself

Hi, this is Merve and I am a post-grad student in Glasgow.

While doing my master, I wanted to save some memories for later. Initially, I wanted to create a YouTube channel and put my videos while studying at the library or walking around the gorgeous University of Glasgow campus for myself.

Not many people know that but YouTube could also be used as a cloud service if you keep your videos only for yourself. With the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, I thought that my study videos might be helpful to many people, particularly to students.

Honestly, I study hard. I have always been a hardworking student and working with me generally ended up well for my friends. Hence, I started sharing my study sessions with the public on YouTube and the feedback I receive has been encouraging so far.

I am not the first “Study with me” account on the web and will not be the last. There have been really successful accounts. Yet, my channel has been discovered so quickly and loved by a large number of people earlier than I anticipated.

People can find me on YouTube and also on Instagram.

Can you describe your study setup?

I prefer to study at the university library.

But due to the lockdown, I had to change my study habits and reshape my room to create the best possible study environment I could get.

My setup is quite simple. A study desk, a chair, a couple of plants, a camera to record my study sessions, a tripod, my study materials like laptop, pens and papers and so on.

I love keeping things simple.

People usually comment on how minimalistic my setup is and I think so too. As a student, I don’t have time or money to make drastic changes in my place.

I guess the most dramatic change was replacing the desk from the wall side to in front of the window.