FRESHER ESSENTIALS: Dont forget to take cutlery and bedding to university!
Make sure that you upgrade your bank account to a student account prior to starting university. Not all banks do it automatically!
FRESHER ESSENTIALS: Dont buy out the bar with your student loan . Go to the corner shop instead, it's much cheaper!
Denzel
English Student
NUS extra card can give you even more discounts than your standard NUS card. You can apply for an extra card while still at college.
Be sure to get a Young Person's railcard to get discounts on train journeys. You can apply for one at any rail station.
Ideally, the first thing you will need to do is decide what it is that you would like to be doing in the future, and what skills and interest drive you the most. This is because engineering is made up of a whole host of potential sectors that you can work in: everything from aerospace to utilities and within each industry many specific skills can be used. This will then direct you into what engineering discipline you should be studying.
If you are considering a career as a solicitor, you’ll give yourself an advantage in this competitive sector if you start planning early. You don’t need to study a law degree to become a lawyer: 40 per cent of trainee solicitors have non-law degrees
A string of big names from the arts world are urging the government to ensure cultural learning is not stripped from schools in England.
The country's top universities have been called on to come clean about an unofficial list or lists of "banned" A-level subjects that may have prevented tens of thousands of state school pupils getting on to degree courses.
Two students are mounting a legal challenge to the increase in university tuition fees. The High Court in London is hearing claims that increasing fees to up to £9,000 per year breaches human rights.
