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Last year it was reported that students lost £32 million in rental deposits when they moved out of their student digs. Moving houses in university can be stressful enough without being sucker punched by receiving a tiny deposit or confronted with a giant increase in rent. Follow these simple steps and survive living in rented properties.

Coming from a technical background, most of your education will have centered around hard skills, like programming or engineering. But you’ll need to master a different set of skills — soft skills — to survive adult life in the workplace. So, here are 6 essential soft skills to focus on when preparing for your next job.

Thinking of taking a year out? Brilliant; doing something useful with a gap year can often be what sets you apart from other graduates. That is of course depending on what you do with your year off.

According to a 2013 report by education charity The Sutton Trust, entering the job market with a postgraduate degree will boost your earnings by “approximately £5,500” a year. Which, on the surface, looks good. But is all the extra work worth it?

You find yourself focusing on one subject more than the other and you’re just not sure how you’re going to meet all of these mid semester deadlines. Here are a few tips to help you get through!

Many people are unsure what to include in or exclude from their CV. To add insult to injury, employers are often looking for completely different criteria to what a fresh grad has put on paper.

If you have impressive writing skills, a lot of determination and love to read, you may have just found your dream career!

A portfolio is evidence of your work and skill. Who says you must be directly hired to prove you can do your job? Here are a few easy hints to get you started.

If getting into the creative world were as easy as building up an impressive CV and applying in the traditional way, chances are we would all be artists. But the reality is that it all starts with who you know, and who they know.

What you do during your degree can give you an advantage over your classmates. Here are five ways to make the most of your film degree.