It can feel a bit overwhelming moving away from home. Here are our 5 tips and tricks to make living in university accommodation a bit simpler.
Tip One: Save the security team's phone number. There may come a time where you have locked yourself out or you see something suspicious. Having the security phone number saved on your phone can ensure out of hours support can reach you sooner.
Security team's phone number can be found below:
- Central Number: 01228547662
- Ambleside: 07809190531
- Carlise Fusehill Street: 07809190530
- Carlise Brampton Road: 07809190541 (Till 10.30pm Mon – Fri) 07809190530 (on weekends)
- Lancaster: 07809190566
Tip Two: If you are considering an online food shop, order with your housemates and divide the delivery fee. It makes it cheaper in the long term.
Tip Three: Stick to a flat cleaning rota. By dividing up the tasks, it helps to keep your kitchen nice and clean and avoid you failing the weekly kitchen inspection. The university provides a Cleaning Rota but do feel free to make your own.
Tip Four: Doing laundry at university can be expensive, especially if you are doing it constantly. The trick is to do a big load once instead of lots of little ones. The washing machines at university are big so they can hold a considerable amount of clothes. This helps you save money and time.
Tip Five: Get involved with all the events and groups. Being at university is the prime time to find what you enjoy; you will be spending a lot of time in and around campus so get the most out of the university socials. Have a look at the Student Union groups page to find events thoughout the academic year.
