My First Day: Welcome Week
Getting to know the people I’d be studying with for the next three years started, for me, on Facebook. A day or so after I got the confirmation I’d be going to uni, I joined […]
Student Advice
The Best Ways to Save Money as a Student
When at university money can get a little tight, so I quickly learnt the best ways to save money. The first tip I have is to make a budget before you move to university because […]
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 — […]
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 […]
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 […]