Student Accommodation Horror Stories (And How To Avoid Them)
Although I live independently in a privately rented flat now, I spent three years living with students — five of them in my first year, nine of them in the years that came after — […]
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Third Year: Does The Hard Work Start Now?
“First Year doesn’t count”: a phrase that I heard a lot during my first couple of months of uni, but I heard it even more when first year was coming to an end. It was […]
Zach’s Guide to Welcome Week
Welcome Week (also known as Freshers Week – both the same), but if you wanted to you could look at it as two separate styles of tackling the week that is your first at university. […]
Rebecca’s (Kinda) Rubbish Guide to Stoke-on-Trent
So I’ve been given a list of 9 different things to do around Stoke to give you my opinion. They’re kinda rubbish, with some ‘I want to do that this year’ bits thrown in. Before […]
Jaz’s Tips and Tricks: Back To Uni
Hey, September is just around the corner now and you know what that means, don’t ya? It’ll be back to academic life for all of us, students and teacher alike as we dive back into […]
Starting at Staffs in September – What do I Need?
When I came through clearing last year, I wasn’t sure what I would or wouldn’t need. And if you live in halls or are moving to Stoke for your studies this could be an even […]
Moving Into Accommodation: What Do I Need?
I’ve moved houses a lot throughout my life, and I moved every year I was living away from home for uni (the first time). Now, I live independently in a flat, and I think I’ve […]
Why Bother With an Open Day
Open days are a great way to see exactly what each university has to offer and what the area around the university is like. You might love the campus, but hate the location, love the […]
Clearing: Is Uni Worthwhile?
If you don’t go to uni, you won’t get a job: a mantra that was drilled into everyone I went to school with. The last six months of college were a frenzy of applications, personal […]
There’s Still Time To Apply Through Clearing
Clearing has been going on for about a week now, and you know the weird thing is that at this point, when I was coming through clearing, I still hadn’t applied. This week, two years […]