It can feel a bit overwhelming, moving away from home; Living with a group of people you have never met before. Here are our 5 tips and tricks to make university accommodation a bit simpler.
Tip One: Save the Security team's phone number in your phone, they may become a time where you have locked yourself out or you see something specious. Having the security phone number saved in your phone not only saves you the hassle of trying to find it, but also makes the time they can arrive a lot quicker. It can keep you and the people around you safe.
Securities 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, do this as a flat and divide the delivery fee. It makes it so much cheaper in the long term. I can almost guarantee that there will be someone who needs the same item as you, it helps you save money and space in the kitchen.
Tip Three: Make or use a cleaning rota. By dividing up the tasks to do it keeps your kitchen nice and clean and avoids you failing an inspection. The university provides a Cleaning Rota but do feel free to make your own as a group if that is what works best.
Tip Four: Washing 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 loads. The washing machines at university are big so they can hold a considerable amount of clothes. This helps you save money and time waiting for your washing.
Tip Five: Join and try 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 make use of the social element to university life. Have a look at the Student Union groups which put on events thought the academic year and with a gym and classes for you to join.