Your Portsmouth

Making yourself at home: studentcookingtv

Filed under Lifestyle and posted 03rd September, 2012

In an earlier post we gave you some ideas to save money in food and housekeeping and how to go about buying your kitchen essentials, once you move to Portsmouth. You can also find a wealth of information in studentcooking.tv, a website exclusively dedicated to student cooking! studentcooking.tv is made by Campuslife Limited, a Loughborough [...] Continue reading »

Your community

Filed under Lifestyle and posted 02nd September, 2012

When you join the University as a student, you become a member of an inclusive community that includes fellow students and staff, as well as the wider community of people who live and work in the city of Portsmouth. You will benefit in many ways and develop socially from being a member of a vibrant [...] Continue reading »

Making yourself at home: your bedroom essentials

Filed under Lifestyle and posted

When you move to Portsmouth, we recommend you to bring/buy bedding (pillows, a duvet or blankets, pillowcases and sheets), towels, and clothes-hangers. Bedding can be bought in sets in shops like Argos (Commercial Road) or Wilkinsons (Arundel Street) from around £20. Department stores such as Marks & Spencer (Commercial Road and Gunwharf Quays), Knight & [...] Continue reading »

Making yourself at home: your kitchen essentials

Filed under Lifestyle and posted 01st September, 2012

When you move to Portsmouth, we recommend that you bring/buy cooking equipment (i.e. pots, pans, and so on), and dining utensils (i.e. cutlery, cups, plates) unless you are in fully-catered halls where you only need to bring a small amount of equipment for making snacks (i.e. cutlery, cups and plates). However, do you really want [...] Continue reading »

Making yourself at home: Shopping in Portsmouth

Filed under Lifestyle and posted 31st August, 2012

Portsmouth has a vibrant and diverse shopping experience to suit every need, distributed in three main areas: Gunwharf Quays: waterfront shopping mall with designer outlet shops, bars, restaurants, cinemas, and home of the Spinnaker Tower. Commercial Road: in the city centre, close to the University central campus, offers all the usual major high street stores [...] Continue reading »

Latest news from Student Housing

Filed under Housing and posted 29th August, 2012

Your personal logins to e-intro to house hunting are on the way to you this week – you should receive them in the post in the next couple of days. You will then be able to log in and see all the house-hunting tips, join our house-hunters facebook page, and book onto one of the [...] Continue reading »

Can you sing or play an instrument?

Filed under Lifestyle and posted 28th August, 2012

If so, the Music Department wants to hear from you. We are always looking for new members for our University Choir, Orchestra, Wind Band, Dramatic and Music Society, and Big Band. For more information go to www.port.ac.uk/music. This may seem obvious to you but… remember to bring your musical instrument when you move to Portsmouth! [...] Continue reading »

More immunisation and health advice

Filed under Lifestyle and posted 27th August, 2012

Diphtheria, tetanus and polio Before you come to University, please check that you are up-to-date with your vaccination agains diphtheria, tetanus and polio. Influenza advice Minimising the spread of infection is the single most effective way to slow the spread of diseases.  The key is to practise good respiratory and hand hygiene.  In other words, [...] Continue reading »