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Parcel Force Students

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:19:11 +0000

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Thank You, Our Customers

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:32:12 +0000

Uni Baggage has been very busy this Easter helping hundreds of students get back to Uni for the dreaded exams! It has been our busiest Easter ever, with bookings doubling from 2011.

We would just like to say a big Thank You to all our customers who use us regularly and recommend us to their family and friends. It is you that help us grow!

We look forward to helping you again at the end of this term.

Thanks Guys,

Paul Stewart

Managing Director

Do you know how much your student union costs you?

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:42:02 +0000

An interesting article in The Guardian today regarding Unions, did you know they were costing you so much?

Through their tuition fees, students can pay around £200 towards the cost of the union during their degree. Are they getting value for money?

Enter any student nightclub, grab the microphone, and ask for the room to divide into those who are aware of what their student union does and those who aren’t. You’ll find by far the majority join the first group. Oh, and you’ll ruin the atmosphere.

Unions generally blame apathy for student ignorance of their function, but that’s seems a weak excuse for poor performance.

The real issue is that many unions have become merely symbolic of student representation, and have little influence on decisions affecting the student body.

A recent example is to be found in Nottingham, where planning legislation was proposed allowing council authorities to dictate where students should live (here’s a pdf of the council’s “article 4 direction”). Despite the unions at both Nottingham and Nottingham Trent taking part in the consultation stage, their case was completely overlooked and the legislation implemented in full – essentially ignoring the community of nearly 60,000 students.

University management-level decisions are meant to be a classic lobbying opportunity for student unions, but officers rarely seem to influence the important decisions. One student was quoted in Warwick’s student newspaper as saying: “The university will make small concessions to the SU but, ultimately, if it really wants to do something, then it will.”

Nottingham SU has conducted debates on such pressing issues as “should bottled water be banned from the union shop?” and “should we lobby the university for transexual toilets?” No wonder students are turned off – these issues simply aren’t representative of the average student’s concerns.

If there ever was a time for a revival of SU politics and student representation, it would have been during the tuition fee debate and we all know how comprehensively that battle was lost.

The Leeds student union is a refreshing exception to the general malaise. It asks students to propose policy ideas which are then put to a vote by a representative student panel. It’s a system that allows the union to be responsive to a wider variety of student concerns.

Students on three-year courses pay around £130-£190 for the privilege of union membership through tuition fees. The question is: can student unions justify that cost?

International Shipping

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:31:50 +0000

After the success of our European Shipping Services we now offer International Shipping.

We have launched a new booking and quote system to handle these new services. Making it easier for you to get a price and book for each country we ship to.

You can now ship to USA, China, Japan, Australia and many more. The quote will display transit time and cost for each service. When booking it will also display the expected delivery date.

Tips for Second Year Students Moving

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:31:58 +0000

The first year of uni has flown by and now it’s time to bid farewell to your halls and say hello to your student flatshare. Sharing a house with friends is a whole different ball game to halls- many of which have cleaners for the kitchen, en-suite bathrooms and maybe even food.

The lifestyle of a flatshare is one where more cooperation and tolerance is needed in order to survive. Here are some tips for how to handle your new arrangement:

Set up a cleaning and chores rota. It sounds boring, but it has to be done. Most people will not clean if they think that somebody else will do it for them, and tension can be created in the house if people are not pulling their weight in chores and cleaning.

Cook for eachother! Take turns making dinner. Sharing food works out cheaper, produces less leftovers and gives you time to talk and get to know each other better.

Discuss bills. A good method is to set a separate bank account solely for bills where each member of the house contributes a set amount each month to cover all bills. It’s always better to overestimate how much is needed, and getting back unspent money is always a nice bonus!

Remember that living in a flatshare may mean living amongst non-student residents in the neighborhood. House parties in halls might have been noisy and tolerated by other party going students, but families with young children will not agree to this lifestyle, so try to keep the noise down to a minimum and respect your neighbors.

And if you need a helping hand moving just let Uni Baggage know and we can help with shipping, storage and removals.