Student Pocket Guide | UK Student Magazine

You know the room already. Magnolia walls, a mattress with a plastic cover that crinkles every time you roll over, and a desk carved up by three years of other people’s biro. It smells of bleach with something else underneath it. You hauled your whole life up two flights in bin bags because you couldn’t be bothered with boxes; your mum took the obligatory doorway photo, and t...

The people you follow no longer decide what fills your feed. Algorithms do. Social media isn’t disappearing, but it is quietly turning into something very different: interest media.

Think about the last time you opened TikTok, Instagram or Facebook. How much of what you saw actually came from your friends or accounts you’d deliberately chosen to follow...

Walk through any casino and you’ll eventually hear someone say, “It’s all maths.” Usually they’re staring at a blackjack hand, scribbling notes at a roulette table, or explaining why red is “due” after a run of black.

The truth is a bit less dramatic. Maths is unquestionably important at the tables, but perhaps not quite in the way people expect.

To sum it up, m...

Paying for college involves more than tuition. Housing, food, books, fees and other living expenses all add up, and most undergraduates are starting with a limited credit history that shapes which loans they can access and on what terms.

Finding the

Booking the DJ is the fun part. Working out where 200 people sit is where the panic quietly sets in. If you’re on a society committee planning a ball, you already know the seating plan is the job everyone underestimates, and nobody volunteers for. Get it right and the night runs itself. Get it wrong, and you’re fielding furious messages at the door while the starters go cold....