Student Resources
Here are some websites we have found useful in helping to surviving and thrive at uni. Many useful ways of helping you to get your money to go further!
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General
Study
Money
Travel
Shopping
Discounts
Accommodation
Communication
Distraction
General
Ucas
-The place to start looking for a degree course or
suitable university to study at. As well as having useful information
about financing uni life.
Study
Wikipedia
-’the free encyclopedia anyone can edit’, must be
the ultimate information/revision source.
Money
Student Finance Direct
-Which to apply for grants and
loans for uni, start here.
Barclays
- Student Account-Barclays’ student bank account.
HSBC
-HSBC’s student bank account.
LloydsTSB
-Lloyds TSB’s student bank account.
NatWest
-NatWests’s student bank account.
Travel
National Rail Enquiries
-For all the latest train times and information on ticket prices
megabus.com
-Need cheap train or bus tickets for travel between cities?
Tickets from as low as £1.50 single.
Shopping
eBay UK
-For all the student ‘essentials’!
Amazon.co.uk
-Not just books, but now practically everything.
Discounts
studentbeans.com
-Great discounts for students on a range of activities
including eating out, and cinema. Cineworld 2 for 1 offer being one of the
best. Not available everywhere though.
student-subscription-service.co.uk
-Cheap magazine subscription service for magazinesfor students. Including top titles such as New Scientist and BBC Top Gear.
‘Free’ iPod Shuffle
-Sounds unlikely doesn’t it, all you have to do is sign up, complete an online offer (such as a betting
company or free DVD rental trial) and then refer 3 ‘friends’ to do the
same. Still don’t understand how it can be not another scam? Here is a
snippet from a BBC Newsnight program on how it all started in America - Watch
this.(realplayer required)
‘Free’ Next Generation Console
-Same as above but 8 referrals needed for a Nintendo Wii, 10 referrals for an XBOX 360 Fully
Loaded and 13 referrals for a Sony Playstation 3. Be warned this is a pyramid system, you may need a little help from your friends in order to gain all the referrals required
Accommodation
Accommodation for students
-Looking for a flat/house or flat/house mates for next year, try this.
Communication
Skype
-Want to make cheap phone calls to landline’s, try skype, also make free calls to other skype users/friends for free.
Distraction
facebook
-Probably the best social network available, once hooked it is sure to destroy hours of time.
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