Help

Five Ways to Keep in Contact with University Friends over the Summer

Five Ways to Keep in Contact with University Friends over the Summer

Keeping in contact with uni friends is always hard over the summer holidays. Facebook and Instagram mean you can just about keep tabs on your best friends’ whereabouts, but what about having a meaningful conversation, or actually catching up? Whether you’re graduating for good, going back home, or making the most of the summer by travelling, check out this list of the 5 best ways to keep in contact with your uni friends.



Five Ways to Prepare for Life after Graduation

Five Ways to Prepare for Life after Graduation

If you’re graduate this summer, the idea that September will be soon creeping closer again might be the scariest prospect since you started university. No longer will your post-summer plans revolve around the minimal task of re-packing your stuff into boxes and returning to your favourite home-from-home.



Five CV Tips for getting that Grad Job

Five CV Tips for getting that Grad Job

Whether you’re in your first or final year of university, having a good CV is essential to get an amazing graduate job. There are no strict rules when it comes to writing a really good CV, but there are certain things you can do for each job application to make sure you come across as the most employable by maximising your strengths.



How to Deal with Messy Housemates

How to Deal with Messy Housemates

Sharing a place can be a messy business, but how can you be sure you’re not The Messy One causing all the problems? And what can you do if you love The Messy One as a person but find yourself having prolonged fantasies about spraying bottle after bottle of Cillit Bang at their mucky face?



Five Things to do Before you Move out this Summer

Five Things to do Before you Move out this Summer

Vacating your house in the summer can be a little confusing – especially if it’s your first private accommodation outside of halls. Your responsibilities as a tenant can be a little unclear, and there’s the worry of losing your security deposit – the months’ rent you put down at the beginning of the year.



Five Things to Remember when Moving House

Five Things to Remember when Moving House

According to common wisdom (i.e. I don’t have a source, so don’t ask) moving house is one of the most stressful things a person can do in their lifetime. I’m pretty sure it’s somewhere between ‘getting divorced’ and ‘fleeing the country due to unspecified crime’. Unfortunately for students, moving house is an annual event for at least three consecutive years, with much more moving to follow after graduating if you choose to stick around.



Guide to Buying a New Laptop – Part 3: Operating Systems

Guide to Buying a New Laptop - Part 3: Operating Systems

By now, having slogged through the swamp of techno-jargon, you should have a pretty good idea of what kind of laptop you want, and what sort of hardware specifications best suit you for your price range. So, whether you want an ultra-portable netbook to take along to seminars or a hefty, high-spec laptop for gaming, there just remains one last question: what operating system (OS) is best for you?



Guide to Buying a New Laptop – Part 2: Hardware

Guide to Buying a New Laptop - Part 2: Hardware

Last week we looked at the bewildering (and confusingly named) variety of laptops available to buy at the moment. Now, we enter into the even more bewildering world of hardware, the baffling jumbles of metal and wiring that somehow allow you to watch funny videos of cats falling over and fill out a hundred different BuzzFeed quizzes in a row. This week we will be answering questions such as ‘Do I need an SSD?’, ‘Is memory really RAM?’, and ‘Why do computers involve so many capital letters?’ to help you choose the laptop that’s right for you.



Guide to Buying a New Laptop – Part 1: Types of Laptop

Guide to Buying a New Laptop - Part 1: Types of Laptop

A few years ago buying a laptop pretty much came down to one simple question: Mac or Windows? Several years, a bunch of confusing words (why do all laptops now seem to be some form of ‘book’?), and some new operating systems later and the era of annoying ‘Mac or PC’ adverts starts looking like a glorious, simpler time.



How To: A Student’s Guide to Cooking on the Cheap

How To: A Student’s Guide to Cooking on the Cheap

The biggest culture shock I got when first leaving home as a bright eyed, optimistic fresher wasn’t having to do my own washing, nor the sudden emancipation from my parents, no. It was the price of ham. Luxuries like these don’t come cheap, and it’s no wonder so many students turn to things that can be put on toast – eating is an expensive habit.