Student Handbook
The Skinny Student Guide, offering an insider's guide to making the most of the student experience in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee. We bring you a guide to things to do, food and drink tips, and a look at the arts, entertainment and music scene in your new city, as well as the best student club nights and more.
-
EntertainmentWits and Giggles: Where to Find the Biggest Laughs
Dave from down your corridor's Gervais impressions stopped being funny nine hours into freshers' week. Here's where to try your hand at stand-up, or at the very least watch it Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
EntertainmentInto the Night: Hustle, Hoya and more on parties with a principle
Welcome to one of the best clubs scenes going. But how did it get this good? We asked the guys behind a bunch of our fave nights to reflect on what inspired them to put on their own parties Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
Entertainment
Paint the Town Red, Yellow and Blue: How to be an art student
Or, how to be an art student Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
Things To DoLiving in the Sprawl: Intro to the Cities
Alright la? 'Ay up cocker! Now that you've learned how to say hey, you'll want to acclimatise yourself to this land of superlambananas and superlative arts scenes. Ultimately, though, we recommend you just crack on Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
Lifestyle
YouTube Dinners
In between splurging your student loan on cheesy chips and living the life of an instant-noodle ascetic, you might actually want to do some cooking at uni. YouTube is a hotbed of culinary inspiration – we recommend four channels that come with ample LOLs Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
Things To Do
Preston Food & Drink, Music, Clubs, Theatre and Art
FOOD & DRINK 1. WinckleysWinckley St @WinckleysTucked away off leafy Winckley Square, Winckleys sandwich and coffee bar looks humble but does extremely... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014
-
EntertainmentOn the Road: Adventures of a Teacher Abroad
Teaching English as a Foreign Language – you've boggled at the various options; you're ready to up and leave for warmer climes. But what's life as a travelling tutor really like? We receive a dispatch from Tokyo Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Things To Do
Now & Then: An A-Z of Scottish Music
Consider this your Scottish music crib sheet – our A to Z guide to some of the finest minds in Scottish music. As ever, Wet Wet Wet fans should prepare for disappointment. Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Lifestyle
How to Win Friends and Influence People... with Food
Ways of a) not spending loads of money on eating out and b) bribing people into being your friends include cooking – yes, cooking! – for others in your very own living quarters. Undergrads looking for affordable bonhomie: why not start a supper club? Read more »| 09 Sep 2013 -
Lifestyle
Labour Party: How to Fund the Booze
It's all very well us recommending all these opportunities for debauchery if you don't have the cash to enable it. Below, we speak to some students with very different experiences of part-time work: good news, you don't always have to dress up as an elf Read more »| 09 Sep 2013 -
Lifestyle
Big Pimpin': Blinging Out Your Student Digs on a Budget
Student digs: cheap furniture, bad decorating and Withnail & I-esque kitchens, right? We find out if it's possible to maintain a certain level of style without losing your entire deposit Read more »| 09 Sep 2013 -
Entertainment
BA (LOLs): A Week in the Life of a Student Comedian
Bright lights, big city: it's time to make it big! Or at least medium. Chortle Student Comedy Award regular Freddy Quinne introduces us to the tightrope walk that is life as a student comedian Read more »| 09 Sep 2013 -
Lifestyle
DIY Drinks: Jazzing up Booze on the Cheap
Money’s tight. You’re down to 3% stubbies and value vodka. It's time to bring it all back home, depending on your skillset/stupidity Read more »| 09 Sep 2013 -
Entertainment
Digested Watch: The Film School Favourites
So you’ve arrived at Uni and realised you’ve wasted your life watching Adam Sandler movies and episodes of Hollyoaks. Never fear, for a) you will continue to do so, and b) here's our blagger's guide to those film-school staples Read more »| 09 Sep 2013 -
Things To Do
Put No Donk on It: Making It as a Student DJ
Making it as a student DJ Read more »| 09 Sep 2013