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1-Day Student Survival Course

So you are about to leave home? Socialising first and studying second are the main priorities for students so it can be a worry if they don’t know how to eat properly or look after their basic needs. This fun, practical and interactive 1-Day course offers an introduction to the best way to cope with budgeting, cooking for yourself and your friends, and learning how to do the laundry and basic maintenance, how to save yourself money and time, and live with your friends in total harmony.

  1. Welcome, coaching and mentor session - anger management and self awareness

  2. Manners from heaven, first impressions, grooming, dress codes and appropriateness, alcohol & how to enjoy it wisely

  3. Communication, mobile phones, email & IT issues and telephone manners

  4. Timekeeping and punctuality

  5. Self defence and safety considerations

  6. Good housekeeping: daily graces

  7. Laundry skills: how to use the washing machine, understanding fabrics and garment care

  8. Basic mending techniques

  9. Beds, bathrooms and loo seat etiquette

  10. How to treat peers and University staff

  1. Eat well, Feel well - menu planning and managing your budget

  2. How to make the most of supplies and store cupboard essentials

  3. The Kitchen - useful equipment and how to look after it

  4. Canapes to kitchen suppers and ideas in between - recipes for success without a baked bean in sight!

  5. Table manners and the rules of the table

  6. Food hygiene and cross contamination

  1. Laundry skills II - the tumble dryer and those things called ironing boards

  2. Wardrobe care, essential packing and valeting techniques, and shoe cleaning

  3. Being a good host and being a good guest

  4. Gifts and tipping

  5. Manners on the move

9.30am-5.00pm | £195

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