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Travel and Lifestyle ZFreshers 2022

Top tips for budgeting as a student

EllaGreenwood September 18, 2022 No Comments budgetingbudgeting tipsfirst yearfresherslifestyleMoneymoney saving tips

University offers newfound freedom from the regularities of homelife that so many new students are desperate to escape. But alongside the excitement of becoming independent,…

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Travel and Lifestyle ZFreshers 2022

Party Safe – Support on nights out during Welcome Week

EllaGreenwood September 17, 2022 No Comments boogiesafedrinkingfreshershelplifestylentu safe placesafe placesafe taxissecuritysocialisingspikingsupport

There are two sides to student life – the academic and the social. Whilst embracing the chaotic events of freshers’ week that we all know…

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News ZFreshers 2022

NTU to shut on the day of Queen’s funeral, while release of timetables postponed

RucsandraMoldoveanu September 13, 2022 No Comments closurefreshersfuneralNTUqueen

Nottingham Trent University has announced an additional University Closure Day on the day of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. The Queen’s state funeral will…

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Back to normal: How do students feel about the return of in-person teaching

RucsandraMoldoveanu September 22, 2021 No Comments blended learningface to face teachingfreshersfreshers 2021NTUonline learninguniversity

After a year and a half of mostly online teaching because of the pandemic, students finally get to enjoy being on campus, going into lecture…

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Opinion: Should “Eat Out to Help Out” be brought back?

KieranBurt September 21, 2021 No Comments Eat Out to Help Outfreshersfreshers 2021students

Introduced in 2020 to help improve the fortune of the hospitality industry, “Eat Out to Help Out” (EOTHO) proved very popular. Should it be brought…

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Shopping event “Student Night” returns to Victoria Centre

RucsandraMoldoveanu September 11, 2021 No Comments bootsdiscountsfreshersMorpheshoppingstudent nightstudentsurban outfittersvictoria centre

A student shopping event is coming back to Nottingham’s Victoria Centre for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “Student Night”…

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News ZFreshers 2022

Students taking part-time jobs are at increased risk of scams, HMRC warns

RucsandraMoldoveanu September 10, 2021 No Comments freshershmrcpart-time jobsphishingscamstudents

University students working part-time jobs are at increased risk of falling victims to tax scams, HM Revenue and Customs warns. The increased number of students…

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Lockdowns and Let Downs – who is to blame for failing students?

Jessica Goddard October 22, 2020 No Comments freshers

Coronavirus. The word on everyone’s lips. As we get knocked down by the second wave of the infectious disease, we need to consider the effect…

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Freshers’ week during a global pandemic – what was it REALLY like?

Jessica Goddard October 21, 2020 No Comments freshersnottingham

10 pm curfews, the rule of six and face masks being made mandatory indoors are just a few things that make us less late for…

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NTU students raise concerns over covid Freshers’ Week risk

OlimpiaZagnat October 1, 2020 No Comments coronaviruscoronavirus testingfreshersnottingham trent universityntu campus

This year’s Freshers’ Week was going to look ‘a bit different’ – but was this enough to reassure NTU students that everything is under control?…

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