[Golden Thread] What are your top tips for people starting university?

Too many people probably ask on here "can I bring this into my university accommodation?" rather than simply reading the university's policy.

I'm not allowed fairy lights, rice cooker etc in accommodation,

Don't be that flatmate who plays video games, football matches etc, LOUDLY on your PC/monitor etc.

Wow, no fairy lights even

Yeah. I don’t buy that stuff anyways (I didn’t want or care about having decorations) but they are not allowed despite many girls breaking this rule.

Seems a bit extreme. My uni accom allows pretty much most things as long as you use them safely and make sure they aren’t fire hazards. Many of my friends have rice cookers and they’re actually very useful. In the long run it saves them money on food because rice is so cheap.

It’s an electrical kitchen appliance, that’s why.

Not sure whether rice cookers are allowed in shared kitchens but no personal electric or gas kitchen appliances (things like a potable gas stove, rice cooker, electric whisk, electric food processor etc) in non-shared kitchen due to fire hazards I think.

No LED lights or Fairy lights (I’m assuming that safety hazard is the reason as well).

I personally don’t care about these rules as they pretty much don’t effect me and are simple to follow, sucks that I could bring the hand-mixer though. Good thing that I got given a kettle though as I would have definitely broken the rules (I need a kettle in a kitchen, so gutted when I enter a kitchen that doesn’t have a kettle).

TBF you can make rice in a pot.

Don't be that flatmate who plays video games, football matches etc, LOUDLY on your PC/monitor etc.

If your halls has a shared fridge/freezer, move in as early as possible and claim the top shelf to avoid people's food/drink leaking down on to your stuff!