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.
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Things To DoSupport in the City: A Guide to LGBTQ Services and Groups in the Northwest
University can be a tumultuous time for many students exploring their sexuality and identity. We look at the range of networks and services available in Manchester and Liverpool Read more »| 06 Sep 2013 -
LifestyleFood: A Beginner's Guide
Fight the temptation to exist solely on frozen pizza and suspiciously clear cider and actually make some food and/or drinks with our handy guide. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Things To DoEdinburgh: Arts, Theatre and Film
Here are some of our favourite places to take in Edinburgh's culture. Take note, students. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
EntertainmentBig Screen Education
Uni is the perfect place to refine your cinema tastes: join a film society, raid the library's DVD collection, and take a look towards Scotland's many film festivals Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Edinburgh: Gig Venues & Clubs
Students of Edinburgh - here's where you can catch live music and do some dancing. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Dundee Food & Drink, Music, Clubs, Theatre and Art
Our guide to the best student venues in Dundee Read more »| 03 Sep 2013
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Things To Do
Glasgow: Food & Drink
Here are just some of Glasgow's top places for a pint, slap-up meal, or heavy metal-inspired sandwich Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Glasgow: Cinema, Theatre and Art
Here are our pick of Glasgow's best cultural venues, including the CCA, GoMA, and some that aren't even abbreviations... Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Things To DoGlasgow: Clubs & Gig Venues
From our 2013 Student Handbook, our pick of the best gig venues and clubs in Glasgow Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Welcome to the (Concrete) Jungle
One of the first things you will learn as a student is that life is unpredictable. Still, at least you know what you’re getting from the locals in one of Scotland’s fine university cities, right? Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Lifestyle
Starting a New Korea
Our man in Korea brings us up to speed on the world of English teaching overseas with a guide to etiquette, heavy drinking, and urinating bosses. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Edinburgh: Food & Drink
Here's our pick of the best places for student food and drink in Edinburgh. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
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Crystal Baws: Student Special
ARIESAs Venus enters your sign you tell your physics professor about the role planets play in our daily lives according to the Zodiac. Shaking his head he co... Read more »| 18 Oct 2012 -
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The Skinny Student Handbook 2012: An Introduction
Hey, student! Sorry about the slightly abrupt welcome, but that wasn’t us shouting at you in a cheery, hyped-up style, it was actually a reference to a... Read more »| 18 Sep 2012 -
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A Student Guide to The Scottish Music Scene
Wind turbines, cholesterol, and incredible music: three things Scotland’s got in abundance. Here’s our guide to the latter – to the solo acts, bands, producers and so forth most liable to metaphorically blow your socks off this year Read more »| 18 Sep 2012