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'Coates' advice is excellent at reflecting the real face of student culture, and stretches to cover what friends to make, and other less conventional ways of getting free stuff. A genuine, step-by-step guide to all the basics of starting university, it teaches you just how to look after yourself. Fun-loving and down-to-earth, there are plenty of gems to be found within.'Studentbeans.com

Leaving home and going to university can be both challenging and frightening for anyone heading off to study for the first time. This book is here to provide freshers with all the information they need to set out on a smooth track to success.

Packed with up-to-date advice and practical information, the book covers all hurdles faced when going to university for the first time. Chapters include topics like how to sort out your finances, what to pack, how to make the most of freshers’ week, tips for flat sharing and advice on effective study and revision.

Key topics include:

• Money - banking, student bank accounts, bursaries, student overdraft
• Leaving home, partying, making friends, freshers' week, homesickness
• Accommodation - flat sharing, TV licence, budgets
• Relationships, contraception, STIs, stress, depression
• Healthy eating, keeping fit
• Studying, reading list, university departments, lectures, seminars, exams, planning workload
• Volunteering, CV building, making the most of university, work experience

Regardless of age, this guide will help every fresher feel happy and comfortable in their new environment, and confident that they have all the knowledge and information they need to survive the experience of a lifetime.

Chapter headings

• Introduction
• Forward Planning
• Freshers' Week
• Money Matters
• Accommodation
• Sex and Relationships
• Health and Fitness
• Food
• Getting to Know Your Department
• Studying and Assessed Work
• Exams
• Looking Forward
• Help List
• Book List

Expert/Press Reviews for University a Survival Guide

'Coates' advice is excellent at reflecting the real face of student culture, and stretches to cover what friends to make, and other less conventional ways of getting free stuff. A genuine, step-by-step guide to all the basics of starting university, it teaches you just how to look after yourself. Fun-loving and down-to-earth, there are plenty of gems to be found within.' Studentbeans.com

'This really is a survival guide covering just about every aspect of going to and and staying at university. Its layout and use of real case studies means it's a guide students can easily dip into - and more importantly, they will really relate to the examples quoted. I couldn't fault it's comprehensive coverage; I can only highlight what I thought were the most useful sections.' Lesley Lodge, parentingwithouttears.com

'I found this book to be well organised and easy to read. The chapters run through all the different sections of life when considering university and how to survive it. Its a good read for both parents and the young person about to venture off. I would very much recommend reading this guide, there are many clever tips to help along the way.' Totz2teen.co.uk

Author Information

University - A Survival Guide is written by Anne Coates, a writer, editor and journalist. Anne writes for the national press and women's magazines, specialising in health, parenting and education issues. In 2007, she founded the website Parenting Without Tears. Anne has been the chair of governors at her local school and gives career talks on working in the media.

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