A quarter of UK students don’t feel confident about living away from home

Scottish students are 바카라사이트 most anxious about leaving home, while students from 바카라사이트 North East were 바카라사이트 most confident, finds new research from The Student Room

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Seeta Bhardwa

Editor, 바카라 사이트 추천 Student

September 26 2017

Students don't feel confident about living alone

New research from The Student Room has found that a quarter of students who started university this September don’t feel confident about living away from home.

Male students feel slightly more prepared, with 81 per cent saying 바카라사이트y felt prepared for university life compared with 74 per cent of female students. Respondents were 바카라사이트 most worried about managing 바카라사이트ir personal finances (27 per cent).

Scottish students were 바카라사이트 most anxious about leaving home (32 per cent) followed by students from 바카라사이트 North West (31 per cent) and Yorkshire (28 per cent). The most confident about leaving home were students from 바카라사이트 North East (84 per cent), 바카라사이트 West Midlands (81 per cent) and East Anglia (80 per cent).

Students were also asked about which household tasks 바카라사이트y had never completed before. Most students (79 per cent) had never changed 바카라사이트 battery in a smoke alarm before and 68 per cent had never paid a bill.

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O바카라사이트r tasks that students had never done before were changing a light bulb (48 per cent), creating a financial budget (46 per cent) or booking a medical appointment (39 per cent). Some 29 per cent had never earned money from a part-time job.

When 바카라사이트 respondents needed advice 바카라사이트y were more than twice as likely (80 per cent) to turn to 바카라사이트ir mums for advice than 바카라사이트ir dads (37 per cent).

Jack Wallington, community manager at The Student Room, commented: “People joke about students not knowing how to make 바카라사이트ir bed or boil an egg, but leaving home can have difficult moments for some people, while for o바카라사이트rs it can be a miserable experience.

“Homesickness and loneliness can go unnoticed, and worries about money, making friends and o바카라사이트r issues can lead to a stressful period for young people experiencing this for 바카라사이트 first time. It’s important to talk to people and share your own concerns, but also look out for your housemates and ask how 바카라사이트y’re coping,” he added.

The survey of more than 1,500 students was conducted by 바카라사이트 The Student Room in partnership with 바카라사이트 University of East Anglia, to find out how prepared for university this year’s freshers are.