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Going on viewings is great fun. After all, that's how you find your new student home. but don't let the excitement get away from you. Here are 6 questions student blogger Charlotte Booth says you must ask to get the best out of looking for student accommodation.
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- 26th October 2018
Hunting for the right student accommodation might seem daunting. That is if you don't have these super-sensible tips to hand. Student blogger Rosie Dickinson makes finding the right place simple.
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- 26th October 2018
Living off campus often means you have to factor in a bit of a commute. Often this can be the most boring bit of the day. Until now. Laura Hainey has some excellent ideas for podcasts to make you want to stay on the bus all day.
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- 19th October 2018
Living off campus with your friends is great. but deciding who to live with can be fraught with stress and problems. Third year student Laura Hainey give you the benefit of her experience finding the prefect people to find student accommodation with.
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- 11th October 2018
Don’t expect freshers to be the best week of your life. It'll be fun and frightening and lots of other things, Here's some expert level tips from some Freshers veterans to help you survive.
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- 21st September 2018
Spending a year studying abroad might be the most terrifying, exciting and challenging thing you can do at university. Bethan Evans says it's also the best you can do!
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- 21st September 2018
When you live in a Purple Frog property, we want you to get as much of your deposit back as possible. That's why we have lots of systems in place to make sure deposit returns are as fair as possible. Here, Nadine, one of our deposits team explains how.
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by Nadine Bevis - 11th July 2018
When you first move off campus, you never know what to expect. Floods and plaster casts definitely shouldn't appear on the list, though. Here's how to survive it all.
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- 20th June 2018
Your second year at university: it's the best year. Here's why.
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- 20th June 2018
Student summer holidays last for three long months! Should you spend them having fun or gainfully employed? That's the student dilemma. Is sad and alone the only way to experience Bulgarian public transport? Student blogger, Sam Aird has some thoughts.
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- 19th June 2018