University Guides August 4, 2010

• Scottish Exam Results

  Scottish exam results will be published on Thursday 5 August. If you don’t yet have your place at university and will be entering Clearing,  The Complete University Guide has plenty of useful information on Clearing and on making it work for you. If you want to research courses, check out the pages on Choosing a Course and University Course of the Week. 

  The UCAS website has lots of advice on how to use Clearing. For Scottish-specific vacancy listings visit Scottish Clearing.

• New Student Book Card launched

  The new Student Book Card from National Book Tokens will
  help students budget for their all-important course books.

  This simple two-part gift card allows parents to add value on
  one card and students to buy textbooks with the other. Course books are a
  critical resource for successful students and research shows that books are
  often the last things on students’ shopping lists.

  After extensive focus group research with students and
  parents, Jenny Sheils, Marketing Executive at National Book Tokens stated,
  “Books tend to be low priority for students before they start university of college.
  There is sometimes an element of shock when it comes to how much they can cost,
  particularly for parents who can often end up paying for them. The Student Book
  Card is an ideal budgeting tool as it creates a ring-fenced fund specifically
  for book buying.”

  The Student Book Card is accepted in chain, independent and campus bookshops across the UK. It can be topped up in-store with any amount from £1 to £250
  - money loaded onto one card automatically shows on the other. The card and
  is available to purchase in UK bookshops and online from www.studentbookcard.co.uk.