Student mental health

Getting ready for university? Read our top tips and get really prepared!

1. STICK TO ONE OR TWO SHOPS WHEN BUYING ESSENTIALS FOR UNI. Many stores are stocking well priced student items, Wilko is probably the ch...

Don’t panic if you don’t “make” the grade

This year will be remembered for many things but for A Level students it will be the year they didn’t actually take their final exams. Wi...

To go or not to go, that is the question…

Many students are questioning whether to follow their original plan and head off to university this autumn in the light of the changes to...

Mother teaches students how not to live in filth

We are so delighted to be in The Times today [15 June 2019] in a news story written by the paper’s Education Correspondent Nicola Woolcoc...

Top 10 universities for healthier student lifestyles revealed

Often synonymous with hangovers, takeaways and library all-nighters, uni students have never had the best rep when it comes to maintainin...

Home for Christmas

Parents up and down the country are looking forward to seeing their freshers, some for the first time since leaving them in a teary heap ...

How to keep a healthy mind at university

Good advice from www.studentminds.org.uk in www.inews.co.uk on Exercise Daily physical activity improves your physical and mental health...

New look Freshers

Freshers’ Week could be no more. Before you keel over in shock, there still will be “freshers’ week” but maybe not as you’ve been expecti...

Can we do more to help students settle?

Speaking recently to the parent of a university student, underlined the different stages that many young people are at when they arrive a...

Universities need to smarten up their drug act – say students

Two student surveys on drug use show conflicting results yet the majority of students want their universities to be tougher on students w...

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