What will help me survive at Uni?

General ideas of things you would need to make your uni life more comfortable, easy and productive (And frugal by the by!). This is assuming you have your accomodation sorted for the year...

1. Good telephone contract (Virgin and other have great deals for £10 a month or so. Perfect for students).

2. Transport. Some Uni's offer discounted transport for their students within the reaches of their campuses. Its best to take advantage of this sooner rather than later.

3. A wallet or planner to keep your student ID cards, transport, Library, gym and any other membership cards together in a safe place.

4. 2 sets of bed linen & towels, so that when one is in the wash, you can use the other

5. Collapsable clothes horse (save money and the environment by not using a tumble-dryer)

6. Portable Laundry Basket or bag (some supermarket 'environmental' woven bags are cheap, look lovely and hold about a machine's wash of clothes at one time)

7. Young Person's Coachcard (£10 http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/Offers/index.cfm); 16-25 Railcard (£30 http://www.railcard.co.uk/) and any other discount transportation is essential for visiting friends, family or going away for a weekend or easter break.

8. Lots of Passport sized photos (its amazing how many of these you get through in a year)

9. A Facebook account is helpful, not just for keeping track of new friends, but also for administration of groupwork, and finding out about events and societies within the Uni.

10. A wok (cooks everything!) a medium sized saucepan, a sieve, a sharp knife, Cutlery, Crockery, teatowels, tupperwares, baking tray

11. A Laptop with a webcam (macbook macbook macbook!) to Skype overseas friends and family.

12. A bike, if your home is far from your campus, its a great way to keep fit, as well as protect the environment (obviously a bike lock and insurance as well)

13. lots of copies of you CV, Passport and/or student Visa for work and residence purposes

14. An alarm clock (for those lovely 0800am lectures. Preferably one other than your cellphone, anything to nobble our dependency on phones!)

15. I will add more as I think of them. Suggestions WELCOME!

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