If you’ve spent any length of time in the UK, you’ll realise just how high cost of living is. So many (mostly international) students picked Edinburgh over London solely because of the cost, only to be slyly handed out the lesser-known info that Edinburgh is one of the most expensive cities in the UK, not too far behind London. The saving grace, then, comes down to part-time jobs and thankfully jobs there are aplenty. If you know where and when to look, part-time jobs can be

Living in Pollock was the closest thing to having a collegiate experience in student accommodation. You live in a bubble with first-years (mostly) from around the world, go to meals at a fixed time, are snobby about your house when you secretly love another one. PC - Ibadat Gill When I applied to Pollock, that experience was definitely on my mind, but so was the fact that I didn’t know if I’d have time to cook in my first year (and that I didn’t actually know how to cook. Ye

There’s something that sets student accommodation apart from any other accommodations - the vibe, the common rooms, the seemingly-endless parties (pardon me, gaffs), the horde of clueless first-years. Whether you stay in uni or private student accommodation, catered or self-catered, odds are you will end up having strong opinions about your first-year housing - one way or another. Most student accommodations have a flat system and all of them, apart from Pollock, are self-ca