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This SurvivalGuide,Freshers'Week
and beyond,has beenproducedby
your EdinburghUniversityStudents'
Association(EUSA).

As a newstudent,this guidewill tell

you everythingyou needto knowabout
Freshers'Week,startingyour degree,
EUSAand life as a studentin Edinburgh.

EUSAexiststo securea world leading

experiencefor all our studentsat the
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Edinburgh University Students' Association

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Contents
_Welcome
06 Hellofrom your Sabbaticals
08 YourStudents'Association- EUSA

_ Freshers'Week
20 Beforeyou arrivein Edinburgh
21 Gettingto Edinburgh
22 Whatto bringto Edinburgh
22 Thingsto do duringFreshers'Week
26 GettingaroundEdinburgh
28 Freshers'Week HelpandAdvice
30 Freshers'WeekPassI
32 Anivingat yourAccommodation
33 Freshers'WeekChecklist
 * BeginningYourDegree
36 Matriculation
36 ChoosingCourses
36 LearningandTeaching
37 People
37 Finances

_ Health and Lifestyle

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49 Dentistand Opticians
49 Hospitals
50 GivingBlood
50 StudentHealthProblems
51 Self-Examination
51 MentalHealth
52 SexualHealth
53 Alcohol
53 DrinkSpiking
54 Drugs
55 PersonalSafety
57 Disability
58 Sexuality
58 Religionand Faith
59 Culture
60 Dietand Exercise
60 EdinburghUniversitySportsUnion
60 Societies

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69 Exclusion
69 Studyingand Revising
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74 Libraries
75 ComputingServices
77 AcquiringSkills

_ SecondYearand Beyond
80Accommodation
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90 EUSA
90 UniversityServices
91 Academic
92 Money
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www.eusa.ed.ac. u k/advice
Fordetailsof scholarshipsandbursaries
; you maybe eligiblefor,visitthe University's
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webpageat www.scholarships.ed.ac.uk.

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may be eligiblefor assistance fromthe
Discretionary Funds.Theseare provided
by the Government and the Universityto
helpstudentswith unforeseen financial
difficulties.
Studentsare expectedto have
exhaustedothermeansof supportbefore
applyingfor assistance. In particular,
studentsare expectedto havetaken out
theirfull studentloanentitlement and any
otheravailablesupportfromtheirfunding
bodyand alsohavean overdraftwiththeir
bank,if eligible.
EU and international studentsare not
eligiblefor the DiscretionaryFundbut may
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UK studentswithchildrencan applyto
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48 Doctors
49 Dentistand Opticians
,. 49 Hospitals
50 GivingBlood
50 StudentHealthProblems
51 Self-Examination
51 MentalHealth
52 SexualHealth
53 Alcohol
53 DrinkSpiking
54 Drugs
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55 PersonalSafety
57 Disability
58 Sexuality
58 Religionand Faith
59 Culture
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Shouldyou requirehospitaltreatment,the
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The WesternGeneralhospitalhas a nurse-

led MinorInjuriesClinic,openfrom9amto
9pm everyday of the year.Clinicstafftreat
adultsand childrenover 1 yearsold for a
widerangeof injuriesincluding:minorcuts
and burns,infectionsand stings,suspected
sDrainsand smallbonebreaks.

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The GenitourinaryMedicine(GUM)clinic
can be foundin LauristonBuilding,on
LauristonPlace,shouldyou needtesting,
treatmentor adviceon sexuallytransmitted
diseases.Contactthe clinicon
0131536 2103betweenthe hours9amto
1pmand 2pmto 4.30pm,Mondayto Friday.

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 GivingBlood For moreinformationsee
wwwmeningitis-trust.orgor calltheir
With 1,000donationsneededeveryday
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donatedbloodyou mustwait 12 weeks is mumps,whichis highlycontagious.
beforegivingbloodagain.This meansyou Symptomsbeginwith a headacheand

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can donateup to threetimesa year; feverfor a day or two,followedby swelling
a smallundertaking whichcouldsavelives. of the glandsin frontof the earson one or
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mayfeelthingsbut not knowwhatthey information aboutothersupportservices
mean.However,the moreyou examine in Edinburgh.
yourbreasts,the easierit will become
for you to tell if somethingunusualhas r The Chaplaincy offerssupportand
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studies,seekinformation, guidanceand
supportto helpyou makethe bestpossible
decisionsfor you. Becomingpregnantwill
impacton yourstudiesbut thereis help,

(STls) benefitsand servicesavailableto you.Staff

STlscan be caughtwhenhaving at theAdvicePlacecan provideconfidential
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