RESOURCES

These are sites, apps and feeds that either we use ourselves or which have been recommended by previous students.  The quality of feeds changes rapidly and what works for one person won't necessarily be useful for another, so please see these as a starting point rather than a definitive list.

 

Living in the UK

​

News

• BBC

• The Guardian

• The Tab

​

Travel

• Citymapper 

• TheTrainLine

• Transport for London (TFL)

• JourneyPlanner (London)

• TravelLine (UK)

• 16-25Railcard

​

Money Saving

• Download our budget planning template to keep track of your spending.

• Unidays - student discount info

• TodayTix - deals on theatre tickets

• SaveTheStudent - student budgeting and discount info

• ISIC - international student discount card

• TOTUM (NUS)

• StudentBeans - discounts for students

• Stagedoor - book theatre tickets, find offers

• 2good2go - cheap end-of-day food from shops and restaurants

• Vouchercloud - find discounts

• Splitwise - makes sharing costs easy

• Twickets - buy unwanted event tickets from fans

• Cooking on a bootstrap - recipes on a tight budget

• Olio - free stuff community

​

Health and Wellbeing

•  InternationalSOS App

• Three Good Things - a happiness journal

• Headspace - meditation and mindfulness

  

Miscellaneous

• VeryBritishProblems

• Londonist

• Time Out

• Evening Standard/Go London

• SRO Audiences

• ApplauseStore

​

London School of Economics

• Study Abroad

• Campus Life

• Accommodation

​

Blogs

• Student Vlogs

• LSE Blogs

 

Apps

• Student Hub - LSE App

​

Twitter

• LSE

• Study at LSE - information before you go

• Student Union

• Library

• Student Services

​

Instagram

• LSE Instagram

​

Facebook

• London School of Economics and Political Science

​

Queen Mary University of London

​

• Study Abroad​ 

• Student Union

• Emotional Wellbeing

• LGBT+ Society

• Accommodations

​

Twitter

• QMUL

• Student Health

• Queen Mary Faith

• Enquiry centre

• International Advice

• Student Union

• Library

• LGBT+

 

Instagram

• QMUL

• SU Events

• ResLife

 

Royal Holloway

​

• Chat with current students

• Student Union

​

Twitter​

• RHUL

• RHUL Student Union

• RHUL Library

• RHUL Student Services

• RHULFood&Drink

• RHUL Campus Life

 

Instagram

• RHUL

• RHUL Student Union

​

Facebook

• RHUL LGBT+ Society

​

SOAS

​

• Student Union

• SOAS Radio

• SOAS Study Abroad

• Dinwiddy House

• SOAS LGBTQ

​

Twitter​

• SOAS

• Student Union

• SOAS Student Advice and Wellbeing

• Library

​

Instagram​

• SOAS

​

University of the Arts

​

• The Big Welcome -- the place to start

• Student Life -- info about living at UAL and in London

• UAL Student Wellbeing

​

Twitter​

• UAL 

• UAL Halls 

• UAL Student Life

• UAL LGBTQ

​

Instagram​

• UAL

• Central St Martins

• UAL Study Abroad

​

University College London

​

• UCL Student Union

• UCL Lunch Hour Lectures

• UCL Writing Lab

• UCLSU Advice Centre

• UCL Student Wellbeing

• UCL LGBT+ Students Network

​

Apps​

• UCL Go!

​

Twitter​

• UCL

• UCL Student Union

• UCL Cares

• UCL Events

• UCL Libraries

• UCL News

​

Oxford

​​

• ​Pembroke College Visiting Students Programme

• Dockless Bike Hire

• Daily Info

• The Oxford Union​

• Oxford LGBTQ+ Society

• Oxford Pride

​

Podcasts and Apps​​

• OU Counselling Service podcasts

• Oxford Bus App (app user discount available)

​​

Twitter​

• Oxford University

• Pembroke College

• OU Current Students

• OU Student Union

• OU Student Newspaper

• Cherwell

• Rothermore American Institute

• OU Public Events

• OU Sport

• Bodleian Libraries

• Oxford LGBTQ+

​

Instagram​​

• Pembroke JCR

• Bodleian Library

• Pembroke