Starting University: the book that helps students prepare for university

No. 1 Bestselling Student Guide

Excited? Nervous? Can't wait? Scared?

Are you getting ready for university? How are you feeling? COVID-19 has caused disruption, upheaval and uncertainty. With so many unknowns surrounding what university will look like in 2020, this book provides a reassuring look at university life and can help students prepare for happier times ahead.

Starting University is a useful, practical and easy-to-read guide for students preparing to take that exciting and/or scary leap to university in the UK.

Packed with helpful advice, hints and links, the book includes:

• Money: how much students are likely to have, where it comes from, where it goes and – crucially – how to get more of it. Also, how to budget and what happens when it comes to paying off loans
• What to expect when university begins and how to settle in: from student accommodation and Freshers’ Week to making friends and study skills
• If living away from home, helpful advice on living without parents e.g. how to do laundry, how to cook five easy meals, how to shop savvy
• How to keep safe at university
• Wellbeing advice: from friendships and relationships to new student blues and getting professional help if things get more serious
• Comprehensive lists of things needed
• Actions students can – and should – take throughout the year prior to starting university e.g. the key dates concerning the university admission process, applying for student finance, applying for student accommodation
• And a useful chapter for parents

Starting University: What to Expect, How to Prepare, Go and Enjoy
is available to buy on Amazon and Ebay and through bookshops including Waterstones and Blackwells

Starting University: What to Expect, How to Prepare, Go and Enjoy is written by Melissa Scallan

Melissa is a writer, adviser and speaker. She's an adviser to UCAS and was a panellist on the April 2020 Facebook Live webinar, which has been watched over 60,000 times. She has a background in research and a Master's degree in psychology from the London School of Economics. Her eldest daughter started university in 2018 and returns home occasionally with giant bags of laundry.

Melissa Scallan

The book is edited by Louise Salmon

The book design and illustrations are by Molly Shields