Unless you are the lucky recipient of a trust fund or your parents are fabulously wealthy, your experience of university is likely to be a crash course in how t...
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So many investors are inclined to equate student property investments with risk. It’s true that students can have a reputation as loud and untidy, which doesn’t...
Whether you live in Portugal or have a budding scholar seeking an excellent education in Europe, you may be surprised to learn that there are a number of leadin...
If you have graduated recently, or you are ready to take on your third year and are thinking about what will be coming next it can be a daunting prospect - espe...
Starting university in September? Avoid the fashion faux pas’ that will leave you cringing in years to come and read our student fashion dos and don’ts:
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If you’re a new student, make your life easier and pack these 10 essential items in your wallet or purse:
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Whether you’re paying that overdue librar...
When it comes to choosing a career for yourself, the most important thing is clarity. Once your are clear about what you want to achieve, you will pave your lif...
Chances are prior to attending university said potential student will have attended some form of education; from college (in my case completing a BTEC) to doing...
Most people know of the main discount stores across the country; Poundland, the 99p store, Poundworld; you name it, there is bound to be at least two in every c...
In July George Osborne announced his plans to scrap the current student finance maintenance grants available to students from 2016 and replace them with another...
So for over a decade, you've effectively gone through the same routine at the same time every year; you buy fresh stationery, fresh book materials and uniforms/...
A-Levels are drawing to a close and summer is just around the corner. But while University may seem a long way off right now, thinking about your finances befor...
Out of GCSE’s, A-Levels, NVQ’s, City & Guilds, apprenticeships, volunteer work, full-time employment, and university degrees, which would you say is the mos...
In the UK, peer mediation is an initiative which has struggled to take off. Peer mediation - students mediating their own grievances - has the potential to empo...
I would just like to be clear, before you read this article, that I’m not trying to torture your arteries. Not actively. It just so happens that a large portion...
Although the economy is beginning to recover after the markets crashed in 2008, the future is still far from certain, especially with regard to job prospects fo...
January is coming and that means it is fast approaching exam season. The cosy warm bubble that was Christmas has officially popped and now you’re left to realis...
A wine bar in Lancaster is being prosecuted after a student has had to have her stomach removed after she was served liquid nitrogen.
Gaby Scanlon, a native ...
In the papers today leapt out a headline: Two in three bright pupils go backwards at secondary school: High-achievers find themselves repeating topics and endur...
The news reported this week that violent clashes took place as protestors arrived to march on Parliament to protest against the rising student fees in central L...
For many students, getting into university is a challenge. On top of having to meet course entry requirements, there is also the whole attending of countless op...
Volunteering is awesome and if you’re a student you should really think about getting involved – particularly if you’re finding that your studies aren’t taking ...
Having been at university for over one month now I am convinced I am finally beginning to get the hand of it.
No longer am I that small child who carries a p...
Anyone who is, or was once a student, will agree that university life comes with no set routine. You are free to wander around wherever you want, whenever you w...
I’m sure most of you have noticed as you walk to work or uni that there is a distinct nip in the air. I’ve never been a fan of hot weather so I’m always excited...
If you haven’t noticed London is absolutely massive and with 8.4 million people living in London (2013), it is about time somebody made a list of helpful pointe...
It’s tough being a student.
Whereas the students of yesteryear only had White Lightning, MarioKart and MTV to contend with, today’s student is forever dodgin...
I am currently four weeks into my new course, an MA in Creative Writing. Undertaking it on a part-time basis, I have found the experience of postgraduate study ...
