Useful info

• Students spend on average £225 per year on books and those who go on field trips spend £161 per year, according to the 2008 NUS Student Experience report.
• Think twice before you spend hundreds on books and equipment - Find out from your uni and older students what's essential;
• You will get some 'Recommended Texts' but you may not need all of them straight away. Contact students in higher years to see what they bought.
• You could share books with friends or get second hand copies from fairs or online.
• If you don't need the whole book, get it out of the library instead – find out the library renewal policy as books will go fast.
• Don’t splash out on lots of other equipment until you're sure you need to. You'll probably be able to buy items like lab coats from your student union shop.