Stuff to help you study
You’re here to work, (some of the time, at least), so make sure you’ve got the necessary gear. Your department or faculty will probably send you a list of course-specific essentials, much of which you’ll be able to pick up a discount in the SU or campus-store. If you look to town, go armed with your NUS card and shop around.
- Books: Buy a select few from the set-texts, and get the rest second-hand - try sellstudentstuff.com
- Stationery: Pens, pencils, paper clips, a stapler, a hole punch and the like wouldn’t go amiss. Some kind of wall planner/diary/post-it notes or the like may be handy for keeping track of those pesky deadlines. Files, folders & binders.
- Desk lamp
- A4 pads & notebooks
- Laptop & printer: No one likes working in the computer room while ‘Smeggy Kev’ is downloading Dutch hardcore. Desktops are a bad idea – can you carry them to the library? We think not. Some universities have laptop lending or rental schemes to make it easier on the pocket. Speaking of which, get it insured – aside from the possibility of theft, your keyboard doesn’t respond to coffee in the same way you do.
Last updated on: 13 November 2008