Brighton Freshers Student Job Search 08/08/2011

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Admin

The start of term is quickly approaching and a lot of students wise up and realise that they’ll need a job to kick start the year. The student life style is high maintenance you will need to make money faster than you burn it otherwise you’ll end up with very little to work with or you’ll end up with a huge debt at the end of the year. But fear not! Brightonfreshers.co.uk has you in mind and will post vacancies available for students weekly, so get your CV prepared and check back every Monday for the latest.

This week the Brighton Marine Palace Pier is recruiting (our homepage image and one of the main attractions in Brighton). They have positions available for Ride Operators in the amusement park (your childhood dream come true), bartenders, retail operatives, this means working in token booths and food stands and roles for cleaners. These jobs are going fast so if you are interested visit the pier today find the reception and ask about the positions they have available for you.

That’s it for this week, don’t forget that we’ll be back weekly with vacancies so if your job search is proving itself to be unsuccessful you can rely on us to make it a little easier.

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Save money while at University

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Admin

Another little post about getting ready for university, this time I’m going let you know the items you should get your hands on in order to save as much money as you can while shopping.

Nectar Card

This is especially useful if you plan to shop in Sainsbury’s rack up points by scanning your nectar card every time you shop. And as well as Sainsbury’s you can earn points shopping on sites like Amazon.co.uk, Argos.co.uk, Ebay.co.uk and many more

 

NUS Extra Card

The NUS Extra Card allows you to get discounts in many high street stores. You can get 25% off in bench if buy one and it’ll only cost you £11 for a standard NUS Extra card or £12.99 for an International Card which will allow you to use it abroad as well as here in the UK. Click here and get your NUS Extra Card.

 

Tesco Clubcard

Get your tesco clubcard

The Tesco Clubcard is a must have if you shop at Tesco. It works the same as the nectar card but is exclusively applied to tesco, you earn points by simply doing your shopping and remembering to scan your clubcard at the checkout. For every 150 points you earn they send you a £1.50 voucher in the post.

 

Asda

 

As well as using the various cash back schemes at other stores you could just shop at Asda which is often a lot cheaper than the other major stores.

 

Morrisons

And Morrisons is perfect for a lot of minor things you’ll be buying as a student. Morrisons often have the best deals on alcohol for example.

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Best Student Bank Account

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Admin

With all the banks competing to snatch up all the new students it can be a little difficult at first but if you know what to look for you’ll have no problem making the right decision.

So you’ve made it into university and by all means you should be looking forward to it on top of all the studying there will be a lot of partying but, combined they don’t come cheap and you’ll need to learn how to manage your finances. The first thing you should do is open up a student bank account.

The majority of banks offer some sort of student deal and a lot of them are riddled with incentives such as free insurance, rail cards and other goodies. But the best thing to do is ignore the flashy gifts because what you want is an account that is beneficial to your time at university. Being a student can be tough and all though we all try not to borrow money many of us do end up doing just that, borrowing.

You are going to want to find the bank that offers you the biggest interest free overdraft for the longest period as you want to be left with as little debt as possible without having to struggle to pay it back. The overdraft limit is the most important thing here far more than any freebie they offer because money is what will be very very valuable as a student which you’ll soon learn.

Money saving expert has a guide to the best accounts updated yearly Best Student Accounts

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Getting ready for your first year

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Admin

Well it’s nearly the end of the exam season for everyone and you guys are starting to prepare for your first year of university. From the boozy nights, to the lazy days, from the all nighters to the library study sessions. I can honestly tell you that it’ll probably be one of the best years of your life.

But that said you don’t want to start your first year unprepared. So make sure you read through this because it could end up helping a lot.

Accommodation

If you miss out on university homes you are going to need to look for a house near your university, If you don’t want to stay at home that is. Staying at home may not be as fun but you’ll save a few thousand pounds. Make sure that you start looking for a place to stay sooner than later because as we get closer to September more of the nicer houses are rented by students and you might end up living in one of the bad homes in the area and that won’t be good. Accommodation for Students is a good site to start looking. And if you do have to look for a home without your university make sure you get to know your potential housemates as well as possible, you don’t want to end up with the worst housemate ever. So make sure you’ll be comfortable living with them.

After you’ve sorted out a home make sure you buy all your household necessities such as cutlery and toiletries.

Money

Most of you will be getting your student loans and you’ll never have had a bigger grin on your face than when you a take look at that bank balance after getting the first part of it. When you have a fair bit of cash you get the sudden urge to spend but I say STOP! And think about how much you need to get through the first 4 months, this should be the cash needed to cover food and other necessities. Whatever is left will be your party change, use that to enjoy your nights and if it just isn’t enough you should look for a job around your university. September is the best time to start looking and you want to start looking before the start of term, you won’t be the only one looking for a job so it’s better to beat the rush of students. Remember university won’t be fun if your broke for the entire time. There are  bunch of other ways that you can make a little extra cash at university and I will explain them another time so make sure you check back on this site regularly!

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Hello Brighton & Sussex Students!

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Admin

Welcome to the Brighton freshers blog! Whether you attend Sussex University or Brighton University this is the site you are going to need to make the most of your time in at what may well be the final stage in your education.

Whether it’s finding out where the best pubs and clubs around are or how you can save money at university Brightonfreshers.co.uk is the site designed for you!

Make sure you add us to your bookmarks there will be more to come soon.

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