Student advice

Currys are looking for bloggers three top tips for students, so I thought I’d join in, because let’s face it, it’s an easy ask.

Wear sunscreen.

What do you mean that’s not original? Bah, I thought I’d get that through 😉

OK, fair enough, I’ll start over. I’m allowed to start over right? (It’s my blog, my rules, I’m having a do-over.)

For real this time, 3 tips.

Tip no 1)

Freshers week is a great time to get out there and get stuck in. Use it to network, find groups you might enjoy, get stuck in. It only happens once, so make the most of it. Go to fresher’s fayre, hang out with your new friends, explore, join a club you’ve never heard of. If you hate it after a week, you can leave.

Tip no 2)

Take notes. No, really, I mean it. If you can touch type and have a netbook or some such, that’s a great way of doing it. Otherwise, developing your own shorthand (miss out the, use & and so on) is a great way to go. Or working with someone else in your lectures. When it comes down to it, you are in higher education to learn, so finding a way of recording what’s going on is a good way to go. (Study group quite a good plan too.)

Tip no 3)

Remember nothing is carved in stone.

University is a huge step. It can feel like you’ve plunged right into the deep end and that you might sink without trace. You won’t. Keep paddling. And remember it’s supposed to be fun, if you find out you aren’t in the right place, or doing the right thing, there is absolutely no shame in changing your mind.

Do you really want to spend three years doing something that doesn’t suit you? Or in a place you don’t like? So Tip no 3 is remember you can change your mind.

Honest. You can. Make it right for you.

Hope you found these tips useful.