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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LifestyleHow 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 -
LifestyleLabour 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
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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 -
Things To Do
Support 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 -
Lifestyle
Food: 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 -
Entertainment
Big 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 -
Things To DoEdinburgh: Gig Venues & Clubs
Students of Edinburgh - here's where you can catch live music and do some dancing. Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Things To Do
Dundee Food & Drink, Music, Clubs, Theatre and Art
Our guide to the best student venues in Dundee Read more »| 03 Sep 2013 -
Things To DoGlasgow: 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 -
Things To Do
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