http://www.alphastudent.com Get the most out of your time at university. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:41:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even if you’re still in your first year, it’s worth dropping into your careers service to familiarise yourself with the services they offer. They aren’t just for people looking for a “corporate” style job – the careers centre will offer advice on postgraduate study, self-employment, working abroad and much more. I ... http://www.alphastudent.com/using-your-careers-service/ We're on our Christmas break at the moment, and most of you will be too - so we won't be posting much between now and early January. In the meantime, check out our Address Book for some great sites to visit. Or alternatively, shut the computer down and have some ... http://www.alphastudent.com/alpha-student-christmas-break/ You might be returning to the Parental Home after your first term at uni around now – or you might be an old hand at re-entry. Either way, there are a few do’s and don’t’s that make it easier for both you and your folks to adjust to being back ... http://www.alphastudent.com/returning-home-and-being-welcomed-back/ It's the start of December - and now is a great time to do some Christmas shopping, before you head home from uni for the holidays (and before you're into the mayhem of Christmas jobs, hordes of relatives, and insanely busy shopping centres). When you're on a student budget, Christmas shopping ... http://www.alphastudent.com/student-christmas-shopping/ Even if you feel like a penniless student who can barely scrape together enough for a decent night out, it's worth opening a savings account. Just putting a tenner in each week is enough to net you £1,560 (plus interest) in three years' time - and trust me, that money ... http://www.alphastudent.com/student-can-haz-savings/ I remember the first time I went and bought groceries for myself, when I was eighteen, and about to head off to uni. I'm pretty sure rice and pasta featured on the list - and formed a good part of my student diet for the next three years. Many undergrads are ... http://www.alphastudent.com/student-food-shopping-tips/ If you're studying a subject that involves reading books which were published over 70 years or so ago, you might want to search for them on Project Gutenberg. This is an online repository of books that are out of copyright, and it holds a huge number of very varied works: ... http://www.alphastudent.com/free-online-academic-resources-project-gutenberg/ I wrote about Student Gems a few weeks ago, a site aimed at students in the UK who want to provide services on a freelance basis to employers. I make a living like this (through writing, blogging, some website work and some childminding), and it definitely beats "traditional" student jobs ... http://www.alphastudent.com/student-freelance-website-review/ Ali's note: I'm delighted to present a guest post today, from Jeremy Day of Insight Writer (RSS feed). He's a great guy, and I'm not just saying that because he was the first blogger ever to ask me for an interview ;-) ... Without further ado, I'll let you get ... http://www.alphastudent.com/dont-just-study/ You need some reference material for your essay or seminar preparation … but trekking to the library to dig out some musty books, to scour journal articles and to lug down the huge volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary is going to take hours. Why not try using online academic ... http://www.alphastudent.com/free-online-academic-resources-%e2%80%93-part-one-jstor-and-oed/