Over the past few weeks there's been hundreds of questions asked of us second and third year students, some riddles that were just a bit random and some genuine worries and wonders. It's fair enough that when you're about to pack your life up and move away from home, you have a million questions going through your mind. Many of these questions involve...

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When people move to university many are overwhelmed with the sudden idea of living independently. I know I was, but now I've in halls and a student house, I feel a lot less overwhelmed by independence. You need not worry, providing you've got your head screwed on and you know how to use a calculator, with the help of some thrifty advice, you'll...

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Today I was out for our daily Costa coffee with my boyfriend's mum and had a choice of reading material: The Times or The Sun. I was feeling too down to Earth to be reading The Times, so I turned to the dreaded Sun for some page 3 fun. I'm kidding that's not what I looked at.  Somehow whilst reading The Sun, I...

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Now, I'm no expert when it comes to what should be going into a students shopping trolley, nor how much should be spent, but nonetheless I thought I'd give you some tips on what I'd learnt through trial and error, lots and lots of error, during my university years of independent food shops...oh, the horror.  If you need any help with your first...

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As I've been throwing information at you lovely freshers' a lot lately I thought we could sit back and have some dinner. As long as you're cooking? I like my food poisoning non-existent.  Back home I always do the weekly food shop with my mum and never understood why parents hated the hassle of doing it so much, until the money was in...

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 I stumbled across this tag on Jess's blog, Dungarees and Donuts, and as I'm considering blogging more about fashion, I thought it'd be a good start!  1. Would you consider yourself a shopaholic?  I'd say not entirely, I believe true shopaholic's become so addicted to shopping that cost is no longer considered, but I know when to stop - most of the time. But...

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If you follow me on Twitter you will have heard by now that I applied to volunteer with VESL and following on from a trip down to London last weekend, I received the information about where I was going to be volunteering. I'm overwhelmed with excitement and it hasn't really hit me yet that next summer I'll be going on a plane -...

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Doctors, Dentists and Liver Damage What many don't always consider when making the move to university is who's going to be there when the student life takes its toll, but fear not, in most cases your savours are near by. The best thing to do when you know where you're going to uni is to find out where the closest doctors and dentists...

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As many of you will know when you become a student, you'll benefit greatly from getting yourself a student bank account. As a way to help you decide which bank will best suit your needs, I've condensed the most popular student accounts in to this here post, because I feel like being lovely. Banks often change what they offer with a student bank...

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It's nearing the time for halls to be refilled with freshers' ready for a drink, and perhaps some of you are already packed and raring to go. However, if you haven't managed to get the packing started I thought I'd give you a breakdown, or a list to double check with (for those organised people!), of all the things that you'll need for university. ...

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Inspired by Charlie from CharlieEterna I thought I'd join in with 'The Autumn Tag' post created by Georgina from Makeup Pixi3. September has approached fast and whilst I do love the summer, there's something about Keele that just fits the autumn season and I'm in the mood to get all cosy and have a movie marathon - I'll just pretend that's not what I...

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On another lonely day, waking up late, watching Big Bang Theory and pondering whether or not to make use of the hours before Matt returned home after a 'hard' day at his internship, I decided to take a lonely adventure into town. And this adventure, I had decided, was going to make me look as if I truly were a model student.  With...

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I apologise if this title makes me sound like a 15 year old girl you knew of in school that paraded her 21 year old boyfriend who, if you hadn't heard, owns a car. But have no fear, I'm of legal consent and my boyfriend's too poor for a car...so I don't even have that to brag about.  It's nearing the time for...

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