National Student Money Week – hydrate the mind, body and bank balance
This week the Student Advice Service is on tour across all campuses talking to students about how to avoid and manage money stress.
One way to a healthy mind, body and bank balance is by paying a little more attention to what you eat and drink, which isn’t easy on a tight budget.
We all know the benefits of keeping hydrated, but you don’t have to drink bottled water. Did you know that there are free water fountains across all University sites? You could save yourself £175 each academic year (£1 a day, 5 days a week, 35 weeks a year) by bringing in your own refillable bottle and using the fountains instead of buying a bottle a day.
As well as in the campus librraies, this is where you can find free water on your campus:
Grand Parade, City Campus: Cafe Bar ground floor; East wing ground floor; adjacent to toilets at main staircase 1st floor
Eastbourne: Hillbrow – Sprinters; Sport Centre changing rooms and main gym; Welkin Labs; Robert Dodd Reception; Greynore Restaurant; Aldro main entrance; Leaf Hospital Reception; Student Room on ground floor
Falmer: Mayfield House; Westlain restaurant: Checkland atrium (tucked in behind vending machines on level 3)
Moulsecoomb: Mithras restaurant, Cockcroft restaurant, Watts SILS
Hastings: Priory Square basement opposite lifts; 1st floor lounge; 3rd floor seating area. Havelock Road Student Lounge; 6th floor; Lacuna place 1st & 2nd floors
Ever felt sleepy after lunch, suddenly dizzy when you get home after a lecture or can’t sleep after a late night stint in the library? These are typical effects of a carb slump, sugar rush or drinking too much caffeine. By making slight adjustments to daily habits relating to eating and drinking, you will soon feel the benefits by feeling more energised and staying more focused.
Have a look at this short youtube video on managing your mood with food: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIqUtPfFhno or you can click here for the Mind Guide to Food and Mood.
For those of you wanting to make more radical changes to your eating and drinking lifestyle and ditching the short term buzz for a feeling fantastic longer term, there is a wealth of information available from the NHS and Rethink
Want to pack in more veg to your diet, but don’t know where to start? You could try the UoB Food Coop? For only £4 per week you can get a delicious fresh veg box to collect from the Students’ Union. It’s chiefly run by students, but the ordering and staffing of the weekly stall is a joint venture between staff and students. Click here to find out more
Come and have a chat with an Adviser at the Money Matters stand this week, and you’ve got a chance of bagging yourslef a free reusable water bottle , free fruit or free nuts, seeds and berries
Click here for our times and locations this week.
Student Advice Service
Helen Abrahams • February 9, 2016