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Whether you're looking for a work experience placement or are putting your foot on the first rung of the career ladder, you'll need a kick-ass CV. These top 10 CV tips for students will help you put the polish on your skills and experience.
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- 9th January 2017
When you move your student accommodation to live off campus, it's more than just a set of keys and bus timetable that you'll pick up. Birmingham City University student and guest blogger Ben Wheatley discusses five things you learn to master when you live off campus.
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by Nathan Colom - 9th January 2017
Decorating your student accommodation for Christmas doesn't have to mean a bit of boring tinsel and a dancing Santa. These 8 creative ideas from Sophie Hack are quirky, fun and easy to do. It's time to get Christmas creative!
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- 9th December 2016
Signing your tenancy agreement and sending in your ID documents is now really simple. You can now do all of this online in one place. This blog shows you the six easy steps you need to take to get your documents sorted!
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- 5th December 2016
In part three of the Winter survival guide, discover the one thing you need to do to prevent burst pipes caused by water freezing during the chilly period. This one is dead simple.
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- 30th November 2016
In part two of our Winter Survival Guide, six simple checks that explain how to check your boiler and solve boiler problems so your housemates will think you're a better plumber than either Super Mario or Luigi.
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- 30th November 2016
Mildew and mould is one of the most common problems you are likely to encounter during the winter months in your property. There's some easy, little things you can do to prevent it and treat the problem. In the first of our Winter Survival Guides, we look at some of these.
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- 30th November 2016
5 top tips to finding your perfect student house. The perfect student house for you is out there. Here are some easy to follow housing hunting tips for students looking for the right place to live, which will take the stress out of house hunting.
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by Nathan Colom - 25th November 2016
Birmingham is one of the best cities to be a student in. There's loads to do and see. Here's Purple Frog's recommendations of 10 things for students to do in Birmingham
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- 4th October 2016
The team at Purple Frog Bristol have put together our top 12 things for students to do in Bristol. The other teams did 10, we added the extra 2 because...well, Bristol is ace.
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- 4th October 2016