To start this brief we had to find five problems which we had when we first started university and then find solutions to these, this would then give a good insight into what next years first years would struggle with and how you can help to change and complete this for the better. Below i will right down the top five problems which i found when i first started and then the solutions and also the best possible outcomes to which i can find when i wanted to finalize these.
5 Problems.
Making Friends.
Feeding Myself.
Feeding Myself.
Making My Way Around Leeds.
Punctuality/Attendance.
Budgeting.
5 Ways of dealing with "Making Friends"
Get involved in all group activites. (bbq etc..)
Offer out cups of tea to people. (great conversation starter)
Start a club or after uni course.
Make yourself available and be outgoing.
Get Drunk. (its always easier to talk to people when slightly tipsy)
5 Ways of dealing with "Feeding Myself"
Plan what meals you will eat on each nights.
Find the best takeaways (this can be expensive)
Group Meals with your flatmates.
Freeze meals so you have two nights out of one cooking session.
ready made meals. expensive but convenient.
5 Ways of dealing with "Making my way round Leeds".
Get maps of Leeds to help you find your ways.
Ask other students for direction till you learn your way.
Have a good mooch.
Get a bus timetable and map.
Learn key points of the city to help locate yourself.
5 ways of dealing with "Attendance/Punctuality"
Get an early nights sleep.
Invest in an alarm clock / or several.
Live with early rising flatmates. (bribe them)
Leave curtains open to let the sun in to help wake you up.
When you alarm goes off jump out of bed and get a shower.
5 ways of dealing with "budgeting"
Dont buy unnecessary items.
Workout how much money you have per week.
Allow a set amount for nights out, dont keep dipping into more money.
Plan what meals your going to eat so you dont buy loads of crap.
Get the parents to send you money weekly to help limit your outgoing
Main Focus.
Finding your way around leeds/Key points of Leeds.
Map/Booklet about leeds which will include...
The Best Booze Deals.
Best Places to Eat at Dinner.
Best/Most popular Take-aways.
Best/Most convenient places to get your big or little shop.
Quickest ways to college from where your accommodation.
Key locations in Leeds.
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