Here’s our ‘Freshers Week Survival Guide’ a series of articles covering everything you will need to know to survive freshers week. We’ve covered everything from preparing to leave and packing, to your registration, first lectures and all the carnage in between. Alongside essential info and tips, we’ve racked our brains and come up with insider advice on how to handle nights out, your student loan, bank accounts, freshers flu, joining sports teams and societies and a whole load more …
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To celebrate our 1st birthday and the release of our iPhone app, we've teamed up with UNION, the UK's biggest and best student night to give you the chance to win a BRAND NEW Macbook Pro ...
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I was terrified when it came to seminars. Never a person to put up my hand and offer information in classes at school, the idea of being put on the spot and being expected to contribute a substantial amount of intelligent insight each week, sometimes twice a week, was almost too much for me. I headed into my first session in a state of practically paralysing panic.
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In our opinion the exclusive NUS discounts have got better over the last couple of years, but they're still not good enough to justify buying their card unless you'll be shopping at certain places fairly regularly. So hold back, wait until you've been at uni for a few weeks and see if you'll actually be able to make use of the offers before you actually buy one.
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You’ve survived results day, got into University, had a couple of weeks to celebrate and party your face off, and now it should be dawning on you… You’re going to Uni in a few weeks time. You’ll be moving away from home and into new digs with a bunch of strangers for a year – before you arrive on campus here’s your chance to use Facebook for something actually useful …
Read the full article View CommentsDespite being unheard of three years ago, Deadmau5 (pronounced dead-mouse – after finding one lying in his broken computer) is now one of the biggest names in dance music history. He’s the bedroom music geek who’s somehow managed to single-handedly bring back the stadium dj status, and along with the Swedish House Mafia is bringing dance music to the masses once again. His mouse-mask has had a futuristic overhaul, and he’s now rocking out to a brand new stage show which looks to us like a newer take on the Daft Punk pyramid (We’re not sure which one is actually cooler yet). Check out his biggest UK tour to date this winter, covering Bournemouth, Leeds, Manchester, Coventry, Glasgow and London with support from the likes of Zane Lowe, Magnetic Man, Calvin Harris and the Stanton Warriors …
Tickets are pretty steep at around £30 each (we’re currently trying to blag some for you guys as competition prizes) but trust us, it’s well worth the money …
The Internet is full of lists of things that you should bring to university, and a lot of it seems very obvious. Toothbrush? Er, yes. But what about the more unusual items? This is by no means an exhaustive list of things you need to take to uni, and there will always be the annoying bits you forget and need to buy, but it should help you on your way.
I’ll let you in on a secret. Some of my best nights out at university were the cheapest. Some of the best nights out at uni I didn’t spend a single thing.
There are usually four main components to a night out: transport, drinks, clubs and then the food on the way home. Here’s how to avoid breaking the bank without ruining the fun…
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