Saving Money While You’re At Uni: Bargains
So now you’ve got your budget sorted out, it’s time to talk about another way you can save money: good old student discount. A flash of your student card gets you 10% off a lot […]
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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 […]
Things I Wish I’d Known About Tackling Assignments
There’s only one word scarier than ‘exams,’ and that word is ‘results.’ Luckily for me, my course only had two exams and they were both fairly non-threatening (even if it absolutely did not feel that […]
What I wish I’d known about Clearing
So having been through Clearing twice you’d think I had little to nothing to learn about it, right? Well, I’ve learnt plenty and I’m still being surprised. There’s things I’ve discovered helping the Clearing Team […]
Catching up when you come through Clearing
2009: it was mid-October, I was nineteen, fresh from Clearing and all kinds of debacles, and I’d arrived at my first attempt at a university degree. I had no idea what I was doing, what […]
What happens when I phone Clearing?
Making that first contact with the Clearing hotline can be a little nerve-wracking. So this will let you know how the call will flow and what questions you’ll be asked. And Gru is doing impressions […]
What do you actually need at university?
There are so many more things that you need to take than I can list here but I will put down a few essentials and a few not so essential things. Decorations for your […]
Staying Organised
One of the best things a student, or any person even, can do is to be organised and stay that way! It is easier said than done and I know this because I am one […]
What should you do before calling Clearing?
“Don’t rush the call” My first advice is don’t rush that call! I wish I hadn’t as I must’ve sounded like a mad woman harping on to Ed (Edward Tolhurst, my course leader). Remember you […]
Sharing a kitchen in halls
For my first year I lived in Clarice Cliff Court which has flats of between 4 and 6 people sharing a kitchen. All rooms have en-suite bathrooms which is one of the reasons I […]