How to be a green student

Nowadays we know that we need to think about the environment. It is so important for life on earth. But many people don't want to be green people or don't have an interest in do something to change the world. Sometimes they are busy, trying to get your own family things that they forget we have to protect nature. It is in your hand dear student. You can make a difference in the future if you grow up thinking about it.

Reduce

In your Study house in Southampton, you can reduce your consumption. You can use the peels of the potatoes to fry. or use the pineapple peel to make juice. Using porcelain and glass in your kitchen can reduce plastics. Don’t leave your faucets running during brush your teeth or shower. Put a pot with water to wash the dishes and use the water only to rinse.

Reuse

One of the alternatives to be a green person is to reuse a lot of things that you have at home. Remember that toothbrush you don't use anymore? Yeah, you can boil this toothbrush and use to wash little corner that you can't clean with a mop. Or the bag of your supermarket shop. You can use it to put the trash. Take a bottle of water with you. Remember that soap pot? You can use it to do a shovel. The pot of ice cream you bought a use like containers to store other foods. You can use natural objects in your decoration. Use cloth napkin in your kitchen and after use wash and dry. Put your machine in ECHO washing. At studyhome, you can use mugs to drink your coffee and others things. But you can take a specific cup to drink your coffee at the University. There are many options that they don’t spill.

Recycle

Don’t forget to organize your garbage. You have to separate all of them. Try to use recycled paper and plastic. Remember nowadays people don’t like to reuse some objects in their homes. Them when you use recycled material you can help the environment. To solve this you can replace your Studyhome object for that you can wash it. Avoid buying industrial food. They have so many plastics and steel. You can improve your health and help the environment. Recycle is not only plastics and steel. You can sell your old clothes and books and earn money. But if you don’t want to do it. You can make donations. Remember that book from school or your first year from University. Take them and offer them on the marketplace from Facebook. Maybe one student is needing.

Sustentable transporte

Do you know what is the most sustainable transport in your life? No? Them you will say to you now. BIKE. The bike is great for everything. You can save money, time, and the environment. One bike can stay with you almost your entire life. If you take care of it. Think about it. You can make exercise during your biking, Observe the environment. A bike is therapy because you have to pay attention to the traffic or the places that you are riding. You take some wind in your face, this is refreshing during the summer, fall, and spring. In the Spring you can see flowers, stop to smell the perfume. And the bike doesn’t need the fuel for your ride. Now in the winter is so hard to ride a bike, then you can use public transportation. This is less aggressive for the environment. Avoid cars. Imagine if all the people start to drive. How much gas do smog you imagine that will we see? Them you many people avoid the cars and use the public transportation it will be less smog in the cities.

Power usage

Do you have in your studyhome a lot of appliances? then when you aren’t using turn it off from the energy power. Plug your appliances on the power plug only if you will use them. Your cellphone uses about 2-3 hours to charge. don’t leave more than that. Your laptop has a battery, you can charge it in one or two hours and after start uses the battery and uses it until the laptop died. After you charge again. Don’t forget the lights. If you aren’t in the space, turn it off. The light made of LED can help you to save more energy. You can replace all the lamps in your Southampton student accommodation with LEDs. LEDs use ⅕ the energy that a common bulb use. The LEDs are more expensive than the others bulbs but you will see the savings in your energy bill.

Buy local eat local

Sometimes the fruits and vegetables are expensive if you buy them at the supermarket. But you can choose a day and go to the local market farms and buy from the farmers directly. Sometimes the farmers market can be far away from your Study house in Southampton. But you can separate a day to go there and buy the fruits and vegetables for your entire week or fortnight. You have ways to conserve food. Do you lie in Southampton student accommodation outside the campus? Then maybe you have a lot of space in the yard. What do you think to make your own vegetable garden? You can buy the soil and the seeds to plant. Are you ready to start?

Don’t forget the package or bag when you go to the supermarket. When you go shopping prefer clothes that have a green stamp. But sometimes these brands are so expensive. Then how can you solve this. Don’t buy it. Think about it. When you see these clothes you have to think: I will use these clothes 30 times. If you think that you won’t use it. Don’t buy it. Or you can buy a second hand. You can buy bikes, clothes, shoes, sports equipment and others.

FINDING THE BEST INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER FOR YOUR STUDENT HOUSE

In today’s fast paced world, where time is of the essence and everything moves on an extraordinary speed, it is the internet that connects the entire world and enables quick flow of information and data as well as getting tasks done in efficient time period. In the era of globalization where it is imperative for organizations and individuals alike to have access to information over a broad spectrum, it is the internet that makes it all possible. It has become an integral part of our lives as there are so many things for which we depend on it, be it access to information or communication or online shopping, we all largely depend on the internet for various purposes.

Importance of good quality internet for students

Talking of the internet and its importance, we all may agree how important a good quality internet service is for students particularly. In today’s times the quality of learning a student receives is greatly enhanced by the internet; the reason being they have increased access to resources and information related to their academics. They can get a lot of relevant information and data to improve and build upon their perception of a specific topic or course being taught in the class. Students can also prepare their assignments, presentations or activities by taking help from the internet, while teachers may use the internet to take aid in preparing course and teaching material. The importance of the internet has been further validated in the Covid 19 era when the whole world came to a halt and everything including the education sector resorted to online mediums to connect and for teaching purposes as well. Now imagine being stuck with a poor quality internet service in such circumstances. It would make you disconnected from the world while leaving you incapacitated to get anything done. Even a slight task such as connecting to someone may become somewhat of a challenge.

What to look for in an internet service

Having established the fact that the quality of education can greatly be improved through internet in the current times, as a student you need to carefully pick your internet service providing company. If you are a student in the Southampton University living in Southampton student accommodations, and are looking for good quality internet service provider, then perhaps you should give this a read. As a facility of student houses in Southampton, we are not only catering to your living arrangement requirements, at Studyhomes we are also striving to provide assistance in multiple areas that are associated with the individuals occupying our Southampton student accommodations.In this article compiled by the Studyhomes we have highlighted aspects that we need to assess when selecting an internet service and what various options are available in this regard.

Your internet service provider is the medium that offers you services by providing you with internet. The quality of the internet that you get therefore has a lot to do with your internet service provider. Let us look at a few points that you should consider while acquiring internet services

·         Speedis one of the most important determining factors of a high quality internet. Ideally the internet service provider should offer the speed they have committed in their services. The higher the speed, higher the performance. The speed of any internet service is largely dependent on the technology they are using and the quality and dexterity of the infrastructure the ISP has in place. As student you need good quality high speed that enables uploading or downloading of files in efficient time.

·         Reliability is the second factor to look for and assess in an internet service providing company. The internet is as good as its next disconnection. If your internet keeps getting disconnected and is not reliable that way, the high speed becomes somewhat irrelevant.

·         For any service provision it is important that it has no hidden charges. The internet service provider must communicate all terms and conditions and the billing amount in a transparent manner so that when the bill arrives at the end of the month, you are not taken aback by the hidden charges on your bill that you were not aware of.

·         After sales services and technical support is an important factor. If for instance you have purchased an internet service based on rave reviews about its speed and reliability, but the after sales service are seriously lacking, your overall experience will turn unpleasant. A good internet service provider will not only provide you with a speedy and consistent connection, it will also offer you guidance and prompt assistance to resolve your issues if any.

·         Lastly as students, you may always be running a tight ship when it comes to financials and wasting your time and money is not an option. An ISP that gives you good value for money would also be a top determining factor for you when it comes to choosing your internet service provider.

Options of internet service providers in Southampton

When it comes to internet services for our student houses in Southampton, there are a few options you can choose from. Taking in to account the assessment factors we have mentioned above you can decide which option suits you and fulfills your requirements. At Studyhomes, as the residential facilities primarily consist of four to five rooms, you need to choose an ISP that may cater to the needs of the individuals residing in the student house. In order to pick a service, decide what are your requirements from the internet service and your budget; then shortlist the packages that correspond with your requirements.

While price and speed may be your top priorities, some companies that provide high speed broadband in the UK are Vodafone Gigafast, EE Fiber Max, Hyperoptichyperfast and BT bull fibre etc. The broadband speed ranges from 300 to 900Mbps. You can check online to find out which packages are available in Southampton. As far as the cheap priced ISPs are concerned, you may be presented with quite a few options in Southampton that give good value deals. Some of these are Plus Net, EE, John Lewis, Vodafone, Sky and BT broadband etc. You can carry out a thorough comparison of the available internet service providers in your area through your postcode so that the information you get is specific to the area you are residing in.

Finding Charity Work in the Holidays

Everybody wants to make work the give us a happy life. A work that gives us the sense that we are doing something to change the world. You have so many options. Money donation, clothes donation, equipment donations, and time donation. But to get involved in volunteer work for real you can donate your time. There are many places and people that need help. Here I will list some places that you can donate your time and money.

Revitalize

You can read a lot about this place on their site. This is a space to disable people and carers. they offer places and an army to take care of these people. Making them happy. They have almost 60 years of experience in this kind of thing. You can start your works every time. In Southampton, they have Netley Waterside House where you can Volunteer. They are next to the Southampton water. they have 31 bedrooms and want to increase for 60-70 rooms. They want to do it to meet more people possible. But these days they’re close to the building renovation. But you can volunteer for the shops. they have some stores to sell clothes and other things and you can work there to help other places and the building renovation.

Southampton Hospital charity

Everyone wants to a grateful work. Work in a place that you can feel that your effort makes a difference. But does this kind of job exist? Yeap, when you are doing the Volunteer work in a charity institution you can feel so grateful. You can help them to manage the collections tins that are available in your local. you can help to leave the collections tins in places that you go during your days. Spaces like gyms, pubs, supermarkets, stores. Or you can ask for the University to leave some than in strategics locals. You can help with the porters advertising, gluing inlaces that you think the people can see and enjoy the cause. Other things that you can help with are manager the stalls to sell things like cakes. You can take advantage of the Open day at the university to do it, You can help to manage the stalls in the local community at farmers’ markets and village fetes. And finally, they have big events that they need a lot of your help with. if you like to take care of people you can volunteer for the hospital. they have so many activities to do with the people from the hospital.

Southampton volunteer service - https://www.southamptonvs.org.uk/

 Here you can find a lot of volunteer works that will help you to gain more experience with the volunteer. They are responsible for the volunteer services in Southampton. They offer a lot of serviçes to you start your volunteer. Specialist support, advice, and training to our membership are the things that you can find here. There you can find information about the places to make some volunteers work. This kind of service can help you to change your behavior with yourself and others. When you do volunteer jobs you can learn a lot from the people that you are helping. You will be surprised by the things that you can learn from an older person for example. At the same time, you can make a lot of connections for the future. And you can be proud of yourself and gain social value. All the services from Southampton volunteer service promote a  volunteer action. Since the recruitment, they promote a volunteer action. They help the volunteer sector to have a good and effective administration. They give to the people an opportunity to contribute to the city’s problems.

They have two different ways: Community Navigation and Community Development. the first one is about helping the people around the city connect themselves to health and well-being. They will work with people, helping them to find their own necessities and hopes to help them to achieve their goals. the second one is about helping the community to develop the environment and learn to work in a group.

-       Healthwatch Southampton - They give the people, since the kids, a powerful voice. Where they can guarantee that their opinion and experiences will be listened to by the people that coordinate, plan and regulate the health and social services.

-       Community Roots - They offer their services, support, training, and work experiences for those people that don’t have the conditions to do it. They are homeless, have mental health problems, and have alcohol problems, and other harmful substances issues. this service consists in help with skills, teamwork, building self-esteem. the place to do the activities is calm and is 5 minutes far from Southampton.

-       Southampton Shopmobility - They are a place that you can hire some equipment for people’s needs like scooters, power chairs, and manual wheelchairs.     To people that need to walk in the center of the city. If you have a family member that needs something during a visit you can hire for a low price.

-       SO18 Big Local - Small Grants Programme - They help the people with subsidies to the community from this place.

All of then you can help and be a volunteer. but the last one is a site that you can find training and locations to do your volunteer jobs. Or if you are a brave person you can create your own little project. Choose one institution in Southampton, one hospital for example, and make one play for the kids that are doing a painful treatment. You will see how grateful is see the smile on their faces. You can do some activities inside the university. If you are a student of engineers or computing science you can create places and programs for the kids from the students of the University. If you are a fashion designer you can create a collection for kids or people that don’t have much money to buy clothes. Be creative. Be a good person.

Exploring Opportunities for a Gap Year

Exploring Opportunities for a Gap Year

A lot of people think that "gap year" is to you take a rest and don't do anything. The main thing for a gap year is you don't do what you doing every day. For example, you are studying engineering, and for you take this break you can do some different activity, like participate of a play on the theater, if you like. This is a gap between your lectures. A space to you does something different. But a lot of people like to travel or stay at home without doing anything. Here you will see all these ways to make a good "gap".

Southampton University has a lot of extra activities and has the SUSU (Southampton University Students’ Union). The Union of the students makes a proclamation during the year ad offer some extra activities. You can enjoy the Societies. There are a lot of groups that you can enjoy. But these groups have a common interest. Then choose what do you like and enjoy one of them. The University of Southampton has 282 societies. You can find one of them that matches you. You can participate the sports too.

They are divided into 13 groups. Here I will present 3 societies from some groups.

Academic group

The Academic has 47 societies. Let’s talk about 2-3 of them. - Ancient History Society: You can enjoy it even if you aren’t from the course. You can participate in the parties themed old times, the night of mysteries and visiting the pubs. You can watch a lot of lectures; the Artificial Intelligence Society this group wants to create a space that people can learn more about artificial intelligence. They organize lectures with the people that are working in this industries and with the teams from the researches institutes. Hackathons and workshops; Bar Society are there to help you to improve your career in the legal profession and a guide for the future. They organize many activities that involve all the laws contents. They organized travels to the court in London.

Art, Music & Film

It has 11 societies and all of them are about the seven arts. Anime and manga society organizes several events that you can talk about it and watch a lot of animes. Glow makeup society is telling what is. People that have an interest in make-up can build their confidence, develop their beauty and socialize with the people that have the same task. They organize several events. Music Production & DJ Society, they offer opportunities to the member improve your professional art music career.

Culture & International has 42 societies.

Asian Cultura society is for the students that like the Asian Culture. A lot of students from other countries. East African Society, here you can have fun with the food, and celebrate the diversity. Africa and Caribbean Society, the students from this society organize several events where you can know the culture from Africa.

Enterprise and Business have 11 societies. Bright Futures, you can improve you Carrer on the ever-competitive career -laded. Fish and toast is the Southampton Entrepreneurship and Business society. They aim to promote and encourage entrepreneurs sheet to promote their business.

Faith group,

They have 12 societies. Catholic society is a vibrant society that invests in making you feel at home. Christian society, a community where you can share Jesus Love. Humanist students society Southampton, their vision is to see a thriving humanist community in the University.

Food and drink

They have 6 societies. Baking society, games, and social activities are delivered during their meets along with tasting all the baking goodness.

Campus collective is the society for the person who loves plants, food, and the environment. Cocktail society is for the people who want to try new things.

You can find much more societies you can access the website to find that one good for you. Others groups are General interests with 7 societies, media with 4 societies, Medical societies with 54 societies, Performing arts with 41 societies, Politics with 8 societies, Social Awareness, Campaigns & Fundraising with 38 societies and technologies, and Games with 4 societies.

Sports

If you like sports you can enjoy some of them is in the University of Southampton. They have 90 sports that you can participate in. From martial to water sports or extreme sports to team sports and more. You have many alternatives.

Events

You can watch some events too. During the year the SUSU. Like during the production of the text it had a virtual escape game a virtual summer activity and a London tour in the world of Harry Potter.

These are some examples from the University of Southampton, but Solent University has societies and sports too.

Volunteer

You can take your gap year to make volunteer works. Take care of children from an Ophanate, help people to clean the parks, help students from middle school. Innumerous Works to do. If you are a person that can take a break helping the people try it. You can find Volunteer opportunities in areas like Advice, Information & Guidance, Animal & Pets, Arts & Heritage & Culture, Befriending, Bereavement & Loss, Carers, Charity, Shops & Businesses, Children & Young People, Corporate & Group Volunteering, Counseling & Emotional Support, Dementia Friendly, Domestic Abuse, Drug and, Alcohol Support, Gardening, Nature and Environmental, Health & Social Care, Homelessness, IT & Media, Learning Disability, Mental Health, Older People, Physical, Disability & Health Conditions, Practical Support, Social Activities

Take a gap is not always mandatory travel for a beautiful place or stay at home doing nothing. During the summer you can call your friends and go camping. If your gap is short you can talk with your friends to take a day for activities. You can make a program with games, music, drinks, and food. You can call them to help you to cook. Make a different recipe. You have several options. This period of time you can do what you want. It is your time to make the things you like. Think about yourself. What do you like to do in your free time? Choose one of the suggestion that you can see here and enjoy it.

Effective Networking as a Student

Introduction

Networking is undoubtedly one of the pillars of success today.Even as a student, being intelligent alone is not enough to guarantee success.There are some additional ingredients to achieving great success and networking is one of them. Since networking is all about meeting and talking to people, is it then safe to assume you're networking just by sharing a classroom or one of Studyhomes’ student houses in Southampton with other people? The truth is networking requires more than the exchange of greetings to be effective. Here are some tips to help you network effectively as a student

1.      Be intentional– Organic networking is great however it takes time.Effective networking is intentional networking. You need to be conscious of networking opportunities and be ready to take full advantage of them. Going around with an elevator speech memorized and ready to be rolled out sounds like a great plan, but let’s face it, you are a student and probably more worried about turning in the next paper by due the date. Also, you don’t want to be the weirdo that starts reeling out their strengths, weaknesses, and achievements within five minutes of meeting someone. An easy way to be intentional with networking without being a weirdo is to always try to make a good first impression. If you want to be intentional by treating every encounter as a potential networking opportunity then you cannot afford not to make a good first impression. Pay attention to your dressing, speak clearly, introduce yourself, give firm handshakes and maintain eye contact.

2.      Take part in campus activities – Getting involved in campus activities has a lot of benefits. People have met their business partners and gained connections to exclusive opportunities just by being a part of a university club or group. The campus is filled with different groups and different activities that you can join. It is the hotbed of creativity, innovation and, awesome opportunities. Just like the bonds that you build in your Southampton student accommodation, the bonds built here last a long time and they are genuine. This is because they are organic, heartfelt, and built out of a shared passionand sheer commitment to similar causes which are often personal and mean a lot.

3.      Be a team player – Nobody loves a free rider in a group. Group projects present an opportunity to know people, learn from others and share ideas all while trying to achieve a common goal.  It is an important exercise that can prepare you for your career. So, whenever you are involved in a teamwork or group project, seize the opportunity to connect with your team members and work with them. Do not be an absent team member as this will make a very bad impression. Impressions go a long way in effective networking and it is hard to turn them around. 

4.      Initiate Connections – A lot of people are afraid to make the first move and I get it. But wouldn’t you rather be the person that goes after what they want rather than sitting around and leaving things to chance? Everyone likes confident people and initiating connections will give your confidence an extra boost. A good place to practice initiating connections is your Southampton student accommodation. Start by striking up a conversation with that student whose fashion style you admire and you’ll gradually develop the necessary skills. These skills can help you to be able to walk up to someone you admire and simply ask them to guide you through an application or even be your mentor.

5.      Ask Questions – You will not have networked effectively as a student if you didn’t build a connection with your professors. One way to do is that is by asking questions, so do not shy away from asking questions in class. Asking questions allows you to demonstrate your understanding of the concept and then engage further with it. It is a good way to show that you are interested in the subject and you are willing to know and understand more. Professors love this and they are always willing to help you discover more about the subject and in this process, you will be building a valuable connection.

6.      Rediscover social media – Students already spend a lot of time on social media platforms, how about you turn that time into a networking opportunity. I know that LinkedIn can be intimidating but really, all social media platforms can be leveraged for effective networking. All you need to do is to engage meaningfully with people and ideas on these platforms. The power of social media is so huge in the sense that CEOs, thought leaders, captains of the industries, and tech gurus are just a tweet or comment away from you. These are people that you will have to jump through hoops to get access to in real life. So, start using your social media to engage meaningfully with ideas that people you admire turn out and you will be amazed at how easy it can be to build a connection. It is also important to be a part of your university’s social media groups like career and alumni groups and other student-focused groups like Studyhomes. These groups often provide a lot of valuable resources and opportunities that can give you a great head start. One thing is important with social media though, keep all your interactions on the platforms professional.

7.      Pay attention to organic connections – A lot of students wait for organized networking events like career fairs and alumni mixers to turn on their networking antenna. There is nothing wrong with this and it is a crucial part of networking but connections made in student houses in Southampton or wherever you live can be just as important. Organic networking is great because the connection is built naturally out of friendships and genuinely being an asset to people around you. The truth is you don’t know if the CEO of the next biggest tech company is right there in your hostel, is your classmate, or someone you regularly bump into at the coffee shop.

Conclusion

If you can pay attention to all these little things, then you are well on your way to cultivating effective networks that will propel you to achieve your goals as a student and even right after you graduate.