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Whether you are getting ready to start university in the autumn, planning to move on from halls or preparing for your final year, searching for a place to live is an exciting but potentially stressful time
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Seven of the best: student cookbooks
From Pasta to Pancakes: The Ultimate Student Cookbook by Tiffany Goodall, Quadrille, £9.99Goodall’s book is bright and colourful, albeit slightly cluttered, but packed with fun recipes and cooking tips for students. The comic book-style layout is great for first-time chefs as it allows you to compare cooking stages with the pictures. The cookbook’s wide range of simple food ideas for student-sized budgets makes this a must-have read for culinary amateurs. Goodall’s inclusion of meal ideas for groups, birthday cakes and roast dinners makes it a perfect practical introduction to cooking.
Time well spent
The recent university students among you may have had a culture shock: with no parents peering over your shoulder to check on homework and no teachers looming with threats of detention, independence reigns. As such, the temptation to give in to the power of procrastination when you should be working is suddenly very strong!
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New finance guide for students launched
In time for the start of the new academic year comes a new book from the Complete University Guide experts on how students can manage their money. Published in association with UCAS, The Complete University Guide to Student Finance explains the intricacies of the student funding system, including loans, bursaries, grants and tuition fees – and gives useful advice on how students can draw up their own budgets.
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Whether you are getting ready to start university in the autumn, planning to move on from halls or preparing for your final year, searching for a place to live is an exciting but potentially stressful time
Bullying in Universities: It exists
We all know bullying occurs in children’s playgrounds, inside and outside of secondary schools and sometimes even in the adult workplace, but what about University?
Yougofurther Blogger of the Year winner
The competition, in association with The Independent, the Clothes Show Live and the yougo website, has been running for the past month and the judges have selected a worthy winner they felt captured the imagination.
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