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If you have decided that you want to go to university, then there are a few more steps before you can actually become a student there.

Of course, you need to decide where you want to go and what you want to study but, once you have decided that, then it is time to apply.

In the UK, you apply though UCAS, which means that all applications go to the same place. UCAS will then forward them on to the Admissions Officer at your chosen university, who will decide, through a variety of reasons, if you will be offered a place at their university on your chosen course.

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An 18-year-old college student that was protesting about rising university student fees has been jailed.

The news, which broke today, says that the student, Edward Woollard, who studied at Brockenhurst college, has been sentenced to two years and eight months. In November, he was among a group of protesters who broke in to the Tory headquarters in Central London, and gathered on the roof of the building.

Woollard then threw an empty metal fire extinguisher off the roof, which nearly hit a line of police officers that were at the scene below.

Woollard was caught on camera, and gave himself up at a police station and admitted throwing the fire extinguisher. Today, the news is that he was sentenced to the jail term for violent disorder.

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One of the most important things you must remember, when you’re a student at university, is to stay safe.

Keeping yourself safe and secure is the best thing you can learn, as it is too easy to let your guard down. This could result in not only losing your property (for example, if your house gets broken in to because you forget to lock the doors or windows), but also could result in something happening to you: you being mugged or stolen from, or even something worse.

So, one thing to try and avoid, when it comes to your personal safety, is to try and avoid walking anywhere on your own once it has gone dark. Sometimes this is inevitable (although, if you can, get a bus or a taxi) but, if you have to walk on your own, then stick to well-lit areas, even if it means a longer walk: your security is the most important thing here.

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When you leave your housing in university, whether it is campus housing or private housing, there are some things you need to remember.

This is so that your move out of home is a s stress-free and easy for you as possible. As long as you remember all the things you need to, then it will also be stress-free for your housemates and your landlord too.

You will probably have paid a deposit when you moved in to your housing, so it is important to remember these things so that you get your deposit back and don’t lose out on any money.

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