Student Survival Guide

Introduction

This Student Survival Guide has been created to help you get

through the college year.

With some handy tips and information along with listings and offers from local busineses,

this is your go to guide for college life in Galway.

tRANSPORTStudent life is can be a busy time, with so much going on you can some-times forget about travelling and transport. And while its sounds very sim-ple planning a trip wheter for a night out, to college or going home at the weekend can be lost in everything. So its always a great idea to have a timetable, phone number or even an app handy so you are never left wondering about times because there is nothing worse than missing that

bus or train home on a friday or that bus to college in the morning.Travel is an expensive part of college at time so make sure to avail of student travel deals and cards, these are usually available on campus from student union offices. Things like monthly saver tickets and booking tickets in advance online is also a great way to bag yourself a bargain.

Buses• Bus Eireann• Bus Feda• Burkes Bus • Go Bus• City Direct• Healy Bus• City Link• Donoghues of Galway

Taxi/Cabs• Galway Taxis • City Taxis • Pro Cabs • Big O’Taxis • Oran Cabs• Cara Cabs• Local Taxis Galway• HailO Taxi App link

The best bit of advice that you can be given about transport, especially on nights out is to never walk home alone.

Doesn’t matter how sober or drunk you are or where you live always either walk with friends, get a bus or a taxi and if its a thing you may not have money after a night out check your student union office and

see if any cab companies are offering pay later deals.

Bike Hire • Western Ireland Cycle • On Your Bike • Kearney Cycles • Irish Cycle

Trains• Irish Rail

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other entertainment• The Planet Galway• City Limits Galway• Galway City Karting • Pallas Karting • Eile Mental • Seapoint Lesiure • Eglington Snooker Ltd

NightClubs/LiVE VENUES• Karma Galway• Carbon Night Club• Electric Galway• Halo Nightclub• Coyotes Late Bar & Club• Monroe’s Live • The Loft Venue

Cinemas• IMC Galway• Eye Cinema Galway• IMC Oranmore

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• Hole In The Wall • Fibber Magees• NUIG College Bar• The Skeff• Roisin Dubh• The Cellar• The Kings Head• The Salt House• Monroe’s• The Quays Bar• The Front Door • Seven Bridgestreet• The Dail Bar

BARS

So college isn’t all about classes and studying, you need to balance it with some fun. And well when it comes to fun and entertainment,

Galway offers a wide variety to suit all tastes.

If its a good night out your after well this City offers you a wide range of pubs and clubs with many catering for students with special promotions and deals meaning you wont feel the pinch in the pocket

the next day.

Outside of a great nightlife Galway has some other wonderful enter-tainment to offer, such as 3 cinemas, 3 entertainments centers that offering pool, bowling, arcade games. There is also go karting and

much more and all these listings can be found at www.travelgalway.com

So your free for the first time in your life, and with this freedom you might let it

go to your head a bit, well don’t we are not saying be a party pooper and skip

class nights out but always remember to pace your social nights out and make as many lectures as you can. It may seem like your not missing much but believe

me when it comes to those all important exams or assignments every bit of infor-mation from those classes you decided

not to skip could help you lots.

Always try to make it to class

The one big trap a lot of new students tend to fall into when starting college is to not bother bringing a simple notepad and pen to certain lectures, especially

ones that will have things like powerpoints available to them online after. And while you make think it will be just easier to sit and listen, most lecturers tend to give a few extra hints and tips about upcoming

assignments or exams that may not be on the slides so no matter how small the pad is have one and a pen with you just to jot down notes you think may help you. Again

this will help you in the long run

Study & exams

It may seem like a minor issue but planning and preper-ation are key to a successful college life, from assign-ment planning, studying to meeting deadlines and giving yourself the time to do the research and plan out how you will tackle each issue head on. You may think cramming study the night before an exam or burning the midnight oil trying to get an assignment done, but your more than likely to make basic mistakes and not be completely focused.

Time keeping & Preperation

As boring as it sounds, studying is probably the least favourite part of college life, but its one of the essential parts of helping you have a success-ful college life. So remember its better to study a few hours a night coming up to an exam rather than trying to cram it all in the week of an exam or the night before. Now we don’t mean you go crazy straight away but maybe putting notes to-gether and having a look at them to keep things fresh in you head could be better than trying to force too much in the night before.

The one key bit of advice we can give for an exam you have whether an in class exam or the christmas and summer exams is to not panic. Preperation, time management, good notes and information is key to helping you prepare. Don’t over think any subject more than another, look through previous exam papers, organise study groups and also make sure you have down time between studying and exams such as getting fresh air, go for walks, a session in the gym. And also make sure you have a balanced diet this helps the stress and the body and mind

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GRADES/EXAM RESULTSNo one likes getting a bad mark or grade, but remember its not the end of the world especially at the start of the college year. If the mark you get isn’t the best then look through the paper and see where you made mistakes, this is a great way of seeing where you need to improve.also seek feedback from your lecturer and get advice and study tips, maybe look at getting extra tutition from a fellow classmate or look a study group.

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Threshold – The National Housing Organisation advisestenants on their rights andresponsibilities.www.threshold.ie

MABS (Money Advice andBudgeting Services) givesfree advice on budgeting,finance, and debts.www.mabs.ie

Think Contraception is agreat source of informationon contraception and sexualhealth.www.thinkcontraception.ie

SpunOut.ie gives advice toyoung people on all aspectsof life, from personal safety tosexual health to travel advice.www.spunout.ie

The Private ResidentialTenancies Board (PRTB)provides information on yourrights as a tenant, what toexpect from your landlord,how to protect your deposit,and how to resolve anydisputes that may arise.

drinkaware.ie publishes awhole series of ‘survival guides’for young people, and has loadsof advice to help you enjoyalcohol responsibly.www.drinkaware.ie

Headstrong, See Change,Reach Out, and Please Talkhave information on mental

health services all overIreland.

www.headstrong.ie,www.seechange.ie,

www.reachout.com,www.pleasetalk.org.

Bodywhys providesinformation and support foranyone who suffers from an

eating disorder, as well astheir family and friends.

www.bodywhys.ie

USI (The Union of Studentsin Ireland) is the representativebody for third-level students in

Ireland.www.usi.ie

LGBT.ie and BeLonG Toprovide information andsupport for lesbian, gay,

bisexual and transgenderedpeople in Ireland.

www.lgbt.ie, www.belongto.org

Support services

www.twitter.com/travelgalway

www.facebook.com/travelgalway

Student Survival Guide Published by

Travel Galway 210 upper salthill, Galway

Phone: (091) 450 431Website: www.TravelGalway.com

Email: [email protected]