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A guide to uni life : the one-stop guide to what student life is really like / Lucy Tobin.

By: Tobin, LucyPublisher: Richmond : Trotman Publishing, 2009Description: xi, 174 p. 20 cm001: 14402ISBN: 9781844552160Subject(s): University guideDDC classification: 371.3 TOB

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A Guide to Uni Life is an upbeat and engaging guide book to all aspects of university life. It covers everything from surviving freshers' week to studying for your finals and includes tips and advice on how to have fun and stay healthy throughout your university life. Lucy Tobin - a graduate herself - gives new or potential students a real insight into what uni life will be like and how to make it the best experience you can and achieve a brilliant degree as well. The author guides new students through the university experience in a friendly way without being condescending or pretending that all you are there for is to lock yourself in the library! Students can really get the best out of their time in higher education with this helpful and entertaining book. New to this edition is additional info on money management to reflect further changes in student fees, as well as further advice on eating right, mental health issues and using technology to help ace your work.

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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction - A Guide to Uni Life University starts in freshers' week, and so does this book. The first chapter will steer you through a week when you'll find yourself laughing, crying and drinking more than any other time in your life. There's a handy list of what to pack, plus practical and emotional help to get you through the first few days, and tips on joining clubs and societies. Since everyone's freshers' week is different, you'll also find advice on surviving the week as a non-drinker, plus safety tips on keeping yourself and your stuff protected. Freshers' week will also be the time when all those moans your parents have made over the past twenty years, about the way that money does not, in fact, grow on trees, will suddenly hit home. At university you'll learn just as much about survival in the real world as you will about academia, so in the second chapter we get down to the business of money. You'll find out how to pick a student bank account (ignore the freebie; a decent overdraft is more useful than a mortarboard-shaped stress ball - really), as well as a bite-size guide to applying for a student loan, having a student job, and paying tax. For those weeks when your wallet feels just a bit too light, there are also loads of imaginative ways to make money, and advice on what to do if you run out of cash. While we're on the subject of money, you'll also want to work out the way to make it last as long as possible. So Chapter 2 also includes a big chunk on budgeting and controlling your spending, plus loads of websites, money-saving student offers and different ways to help you hoard your cash for more important things... Like chocolate, drink and nights out, obviously. Accommodation is next up - where to live, who to live with and how to make the most of it will have a huge impact on your day-to-day happiness. Chapter 3 has lots of advice on choosing your accommodation (catered or non-catered, halls or a house?), making the most of your room, and all the practical stuff once you're there. While my student experience involved heading off to live on campus, it's now increasingly popular to stay at home, so you'll also find tips on coping with living at home while studying at uni - all passed on to me by other students who have been there, done that. If you do opt to live away from home, the first time you feel a sniffle coming on can feel a little scary. Mum's not there with the Lemsip! Dad's not there to write you a sick note! Don't worry - just turn to Chapter 4, where you'll find tips on how to avoid illness and cope with fresher's fl u, registering with a doctor and dentist, where to go if you feel ill, first aid, coping with student stress and homesickness, who to talk to if you're feeling down, and info on drink, drugs, sex and smoking. There's also a section on support for students with disabilities. To help avoid getting ill in the first place, turn to Chapter 5 for food advice. You'll find out information on what to buy, how to go food shopping, learning to cook, and sample lists of what to buy for your store cupboard and fridge. You'll also find student tips on eating and cooking at uni, and hygiene help (if you're scared of killing someone via your cuisine), plus some favourite recipes (for which we need to thank my mum and dad). Everyone has some advice for university students, especially when they are currently a student or they have just left uni. And when you ask nearly a hundred students about the one thing they wish they had known when they started at uni, you end up with a ton of brilliant advice. So dotted around the book you'll also find loads of tips from students who have been there, done that, and got the beer-soaked T-shirt. Excerpted from Guide to Uni Life: The One-Stop Guide to What University Life Is Really Like by Lucy Tobin All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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