Advice
Independent Student
www.independent.co.uk/student
The Independent's student website. Lots of useful gubbins for the prospective and current student - there's education news, an A-Z directory of universities, advice on getting a place and what to do once you're there. There's a handy section on careers and apprenticeships too - check it out here. For advice straight from the horse's chops, have a gander at the forums (on careers, getting into uni, student life, media and culture, and student union.)
The Student
www.thestudentzone.com
A basically independent news and features site about student life, however their university guides are based on info provided by the universities. The site has details of the Student Debt Reduction Scheme, a kind of loyalty card scheme for students which is yet to become widespread enough to be really effective, but watch this space. It's a neat idea.
Students Preunited
www.studentspreunited.com
A pre-university site for findings friends before you pack your bags.
CIFE
www.cife.org.uk
A collection of 17 private sixth form colleges specialising in advanced teaching.
UniversitiesNet
www.universitiesnet.com
Run-of-the-mill advice and information about student life.
Springboard
www.springboard.co.uk
Compact site with info for 16+ and 18+ students on topics like accommodation or taking a gap year. Register (free) to make your own 'homepage' where you can keep a track of articles read.
TheSite.org
www.thesite.org
TheSite.org is a guide to life for 16-24 year-olds. With articles on work and study and a range of other topics, a question and answer service and a buzzing online community, TheSite.org tells it like it is.
Woody's Web Watch
www.woodyswebwatch.com
A leading website for students, careers advisers & parents.
Food At Uni
www.foodatuni.co.uk
A website for students to share recipes, cooking tips, reviews of restaurants, bars, cafes, clubs etc., and to generally chat about food.
Student Parents
www.studentparents.org
This link is dedicated to all of you with ankle-biters. Although there is a lot of good general advice about preparing for uni, it gives specific guidance on what extra funding is avaliable if you have wee-ones, tips on childcare at uni and case studies from other parents.
Prepare for Sucess
www.prepareforsuccess.org.uk
Although directed at international students, this site gives a great guide to starting life at uni and good tips on how to settle into academic life.
Brightside UniAid
www.brightsideuniaid.org
A whole host of good tips on starting uni, but especially look out for their well-stocked links page and the student calculator which is frigteningly in-depth and will figure out all those nasty financial sums for you (from your expected student loan to how much you will have left over per week to spend on cake).
Last updated on: 18 November 2010