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Guide To Life After University
In this guide
Introducing
The afer uni black hole 05
The Big Wisdom 06
Top 5 Graduate Essentials 08
More Beans 04
How to get Job Seekers Allowance ASAP afer uni 09
Overdrafs afer uni in a nutshell 10
Paying back your student loan in a nutshell 11
The Big Wisdom — sorts out graduate accommodation 18–19
Ten step guide to getting a job afer uni 12–13
Ten step guide to keeping your job 15
Volunteering 17
Graduation Bucket List or Don’t ever forget the fun! 20–21
Amazing holidays 22–23
Mindset
Money
Accommodation
Job
Fun
This guide draws on the the expertise of studentbeans.com, More Beans and the very
best tips from recent graduates - a combo we’re calling The Big Wisdom. Thank you, the
wise ones who came before.
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There are a few main areas to sort out afer uni - money, jobs,
the roof over your head and of course the fun stuff.
First up though is dealing with the Whaaa??!!!
Basically, getting your head round leaving uni.
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Introducing
4 Guide to life afer university chapter 5
You know when a cartoon character
runs out of cartoon and they run off the
end of the page and it’s just blank?
Leaving uni can feel a bit like that.
All of a sudden it feels a bit like you’re floating in
space, a bit directionless.
We call it ‘the afer uni black hole’ - and it’s ofen
something you don’t get much warning about.
But don’t fear. This guide will help get your afer uni
life up and chugging along happily.
The after uni
Black hole
Mindset 5
6 Guide to life afer university Money 7
In the current climate
it may take longer, be
harder to get there, but
graduate life will take off.
Keep going, have faith.
Having a plan is essential.
Create a plan, keep
working on it. You will feel
infinitely better.
Keep active, keep busy.
Grab new opportunities,
new experiences, add
variety. Stay social.
Keep learning.
“Take every opportunity that
comes your way, be it bar
work to keep you going, an
interesting volunteer project,
or an internship that might
help.”
“Take a deep breath, go on
holiday to relax and never
lose faith. You will find a job
eventually, just be prepared
to work for it.”
“It took me a year to create a
proper plan, now three weeks
afer having made it, it’s
starting to pay off”
“Be wary of getting ‘locked
into’ a salary. The more
you earn, the harder it is to
give it up. If you wanna give
something a shot that’s not
gonna make you any cash
initially, the time to do it is
now, while you’ve literally
got nothing to lose.”
“See friends, go out, visit
events, start some lessons
in something you’ve always
wanted to do and get a
temporary job while you look
for a career related one.
Don’t get bored.”
Big brilliant bits of advice
to help you get into the best
mindset for graduate life
1 2 3
THE
BIG
WISDOM
How to get Job
Seeker’s Allowance
ASAP after uni
If you live in England, Scotland or Wales then:
• Find out the official end date of your course - this is when you can
claim from (your department will know).
• Call up to make your claim on this course end date, or up to three
days before (you will only receive money from when you claim
- you can’t ‘back date’ claims). Have the ‘Things you need’ to hand
(see below).
• Within a couple of working days someone will call you and may set
you up an interview at your local job centre.
• You will then be contacted to be told whether or not you are
eligible to receive JSA.
• Remember - you have to be actively looking for work from the date
you are claiming from.
Call Jobcentre Plus
Monday–Friday
8am to 6pm
0800 055 6688
£
Things you need:
1. Your National Insurance number
2. A phone number on which
you can be contacted
3. Your financial, employment
and education details
How much?
Depending on your circumstances
you may be entitled to the following
amounts (per week):
Under 25 - £56.25
Over 25 - £71.00
Couples /civil partnerships - £111.45
Specialist graduate employment site membership
A platform like Enternships that connects graduates with innovative employers
across all industries can be far more useful than just going through ‘generic’ job
sites. Find a job with Enternships now.
A supply of quality entertainment and ‘wind-down’ material
It’s critical to keep a healthy balance when you’ve graduated, providing your
brain with good quality entertainment and relaxation material (plus being up-
to-date with Films and TV provides excellent interview/networking small talk
fodder). LOVEFiLM are the go-to option for an excellent supply of entertainment
and are currently offering 30 days free membership plus a £20 Topshop/Topman
voucher when you become a paying member.
‘Numerical test’ help
Companies are using numerical tests more and more — even for jobs that
don’t involve much work with numbers — because they signify efficiency
and capability in a candidate. You can sign up for free numerical tests with
Numerical Test Help.
A financial review and debt management plan
We’ve already talked about the importance of having a plan in 10 steps to
getting a job. An important part of this is to know where you are with your
finances and getting a plan in place for any debt. You can get a free financial
review here.
Physical fitness
We all know that keeping fit helps deal with stress, lif your mood, and help your
brain work to it’s optimum level — all important for post uni living. A free zumba
class and free 5 day gym pass will get you on the right track.
8 Mindset
Top 5 Graduate Essentials
Five things every graduate should have
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10 Guide to life afer university chapter 11
Here’s the ‘official’ situation with the BIG Four
Overdrafts after
uni in a nutshell

When you graduate you probably don’t
have to say goodbye to your interest free
overdraf - for a little while at least.
Banks mostly offer graduate overdrafs where the
interest free bit gets smaller and smaller over the
following years (though not necessarily the size of
the overdraf itself).
The deal a bank will give you tends to depend on
a variety of factors, so the best thing is to go and
talk to them about your account as you move into
graduate life.
Banks also tend to have more flexibility than they
let on, so it’s worth playing hardball - you can tell
them you’re going to leave for better deals if they
aren’t giving you what you want.
Year 1 – £1500 interest free
Year 2 – £1000 interest free
£7 a month charge but includes mobile
insurance and some other stuff
Year 1 – £3000 ‘Lower interest tiers in
subsequent years’
Year 1 – £2000 interest free
Year 2 – £1500 interest free
Year 3 – £1000 interest free
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£ £
Paying back your
student loan in
a nutshell

Repaying student loans of up to £50,000
can sound like an almost impossible task -
but when you look at the student loan debt
as more of a ‘graduate tax’, it becomes
much more manageable.
The reasons why student loan repayments are more like a
graduate tax are:
Payments are taken automatically
As soon as you earn over a certain amount (£21k for those
who start uni in September 2012) repayments are taken
directly from your income. Thankfully this means you will
never miss a payment!
It’s progressive
This means that the more you earn the more you pay
back. Essentially the repayments are calculated as a
percentage of your earnings rather than a fixed amount,
meaning those who can afford to repay more, do.
Bigger loans don’t mean bigger repayments
As repayments are calculated as a percentage of your
earnings rather than as a percentage of your loan, the
amount you pay each month will be the same regardless
of how much you have borrowed. The only difference is
that the more you borrow, the LONGER it will take you to
pay it off.
But it is NOT a tax
The reason this so-called graduate tax isn’t actually a
tax is that you can pay it off. Once you have repaid your
student loan in full the repayments will no longer be
taken from your account, unlike income tax which will be
taken as long as you have a job.
So, that student debt shouldn’t seem quite so worrying
now? Let’s move on to some more important matters.
The J.O.B.
£2000 overdraught for 3
years afer graduating
Year 1 – All interest free
Year 2 – £1000 of the £2000
overdraught is interest free
Year 3 – £500 of the £2000
overdraught is interest free
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HSBC NATWEST
BARCLAYS LLOYDS
12 Guide to life afer university
01
FOCUS your search
You could apply for loads of varied
jobs without having the full set of
skills and experience for any of
them. Or, you can specialise, and
make sure you’re armed to the teeth
with relevant skills, knowledge and
experience, for a particular type of
job. Which could take some time.
But it’s a surer route to success than
applying for jobs you don’t have
a chance of getting because you
don’t stand out from the crowd.
The key decision you have to make
is choosing the narrower area to
specialise in.
02
Specialise your job
applications
Focus and specialisation applies
right down to the actual individual
job applications themselves. One
specialised application, with the
CV, cover letter and anything extra
tailored exactly to that particular job
is worth ten, twenty, generic ‘one
size fits all’ applications.
If you find a job, you REALLY like,
that’s REALLY you, why not spend a
week on the application, rather than
applying for a dozen OK ones? It’ll
probably make you twelve times
more likely to get to interview than
the others, and it’ll be for something
you’re genuinely excited about.
03
Evidence, evidence,
evidence
‘I know I can do a brilliant job’,
‘I’ve got a great sense of humour’,
‘I’m highly organised’.
It’s a terrible thing, but not having
met you, employers can’t just take
your word for it. Any time you claim
a skill - show evidence. And show
the best evidence possible. A link
to an award, or an online review of a
play you directed is better evidence
than ‘was commended for directing
a school house play and can show
certificates upon request’. A link to a
tumblr that shows the kinds of things
you find funny (or maybe your own
memes?) is better evidence than ‘all
my friends say I’m hilarious’. If you
haven’t got good enough evidence for
your skills - get some.
Ten step guide to getting a job

Job hunting is a complicated, scary and truly exhausting activity ofen specialised to the
types of positions you’re applying for. However, following these 10 crucial steps will give you a
massive boost towards bagging that first job.
04
Turn your Twitter stream
into an ‘insider’ CV
Social media monitoring service
Reppler surveyed 300 recruiters:
• 90% have visited a candidate’s
profile on a social network
• 69% of recruiters have rejected a
candidate based on content
found on his or her social
networking profiles
This shows that your social media
presence (Twitter, Facebook,
YouTube account etc.) is important.
It can ruin your chances of getting
employment.
But the good news is that you
can control it. If your Facebook’s not
saying the right thing about you
- make it private.
The even better news, is that your
social media presence provides a
huge opportunity. According to the
same survey:
68% have hired a candidate based
on his or her presence on those
networks.
You have the power to shape and
control your online profile. To have it
working for you. Your Twitter stream
can become the ideal insider
‘snap-shot’ of your life, your style,
humour and interests. One that you
want an employer to see. One that
will help you get that job.
05
Cast your net wide
Broaden your search as far as can go.
Systematically cover all companies
in the industry, including smaller
and medium sized ones. Visit their
specific websites. If they’re not
hiring, send speculative letters, or
make speculative phone-calls. Scour
industry press, see which companies
are thriving, growing fastest, target
these first.

06
Exploit networks, grow
networks
Never underestimate the power of
who you know, or who you can get
to know.
At the least, people you know or
hardly know or who you’ve never
met but know someone you vaguely
know, can give you invaluable advice
and info. At best they can be the key
reason for you finding employment.
Conduct regular network audits
- make sure you haven’t missed a
single contact. Go through all your
Facebook friends. All you mother’s
friends. All your grandmother’s
friends. All the people that live
in your grandmother’s sheltered
housing, and all of their sons,
daughters and granddaughters.
Seriously. Leads can come from the
strangest, most tenuous links.
Furthermore actively grow your
network. Got a friend with a job
in an industry related to your job
search? Go and stay with them, sleep
on their couch. Meet their work
colleagues. Find out about their
working life, learn what you can from
them and their peers. You don’t have
to become a ‘networking’ maniac,
just make sure you get yourself into
positions that give your network
the opportunity to grow and ask for
advice, info and yes, help. People
can be generous.

“Get as much relevant work
experience as possible in your
field but temp too to keep your
hand in and earn money. I got
my ideal job in marketing while
covering reception temporarily
at a marketing agency.”
Job 13
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1. Whistle while you work hard
You’re at work, what better thing to do than work hard at
it? Aim to be as capable and effective as you possible can
be whatever job you’re doing - it’s invaluable to get into
the habit. Be open to learning, identifying and improving
on your weaknesses. If you can do this without losing your
smile too, you’re on to a winning formula.
2. Become indispensable
Work yourself into such a position that it would be a real
problem if you lef. This can ofen be done by finding niches
that you can take on ownership of - important areas in a
company that seem to have been bypassed or neglected.
3. Be enthusiastic. Show passion.
Show that you care.
Managers, when it comes down to it are simple folk -
they’re just worried about getting a job done as efficiently
and brilliantly as possible. Knowing an employee is fully
with them on this aim, energetically supporting them - that
they care about the result too - is a comfort to them and
has an incalculably positive effect on how they perceive
that employee.
4. Be a chameleon
Take your cue from the environment you find yourself in
and the culture surrounding you. This extends to styles of
dress, levels of noise in the office, the ways in which work
is done and presented. Watch, learn, copy quickly.
5. Become an obsessive with the details
Get into the habit of making sure all details are addressed.
All grammar, formatting, timekeeping, self presentation...
right down to the state of your desk should be spotless.
6. You are now entirely a man or woman of
your word (and your colleague’s words)
This one seems obvious, but it’s key. Whatever you’ve said
you’ll do or have been asked to do - do it. No matter how
small or how fleeting the conversation. Someone who
meticulously follows up every action point, even if the rest
of the team seems to have forgotten about it, will be valued.
7. Initiative
Initiative is doing something good, coming up with
solutions and ideas, without being asked. Initiative can
be big, but also as small as, say, suggesting some useful
things you can do if you’re boss looks too busy to set you
work. Consistently displaying initiative saves your manager
time, because you are effectively taking over management
of yourself and providing solutions to his or her problems.
It can make a manager - and colleagues - feel extremely
good about you indeed.
8. You are OBVIOUSLY not going to
Spend time on personal phone calls, e-mails or Facebook,
take extended lunch breaks, get out of control at your first
social (or your second), have a patchy attendance record,
miss deadlines, chatter excessively, gossip, behave
impolitely...
9. Be inquisitive
Find out about other parts of the company and about
everyone else’s role. Make it a project to find out how it
all works, how it fits together. This shows that you care,
but also helps you care by seeing the bigger picture, the
‘point’ of what you’re doing. Plus, your extra knowledge
will improve your work and undoubtedly be very useful to
you sooner rather than later.
10. Be human
The people around you are flesh and blood. Show
respect, sympathy, be nice, make friends. If you are having
trouble with something, you’re confused or worried,
remember to communicate with those around you about
it including your managers. Contribute to the social
environment, help make life nicer and more fun, help build
a feeling of community and warmth.
08
Follow up, follow up,
follow up...until someone
tells you not to
Or, ‘I am no longer a shy English
person’. Speak to anybody with
experience of the world of work -
things can get put off and put off
and then forgotten about. Most
employers when chased up on
something will be thinking ‘Oh! How
awful! I’ve been meaning to get back
to them’.
Also, lack of a prompt reply, isn’t
necessarily a negative sign - it can
mean they’re thinking about you
seriously.
Lastly, if someone says they’ll
do something, help you out, get a
contact for you, get back to you,
hold them to it - politely - until they
say differently.
09
Make finding a job, a job.
Procrastinating when job hunting can
be even worse than when studying
- there are no solid deadlines this
time. It’s important you consistently
cover a decent amount of ground, or
you’ll end up hugely reducing your
chances and you’ll just feel like a bit
of a waster.
Be professional about your time
- have set working hours and stick
to them. Set goals of numbers of
applications to finish, useful people
to have contacted.
Be organised. Create files and
spreadsheets with companies,
networking contacts, past cover
letters, variations on your CV and
prep work for interviews. Keep track
of your progress and set reminders to
chase things up.


10
Release the pressure
Number 9 is important - getting a job is hard work. And you can improve
your chances by working harder. However this is equally as important.
The whole process of job hunting is mentally extremely intense. Every
application is actually a huge feat of imagination - you try and imagine
yourself in that role, the life that the job would demand, assessing it and
yourself - and that’s before you’ve began the tactical assault of proving you
are better than anyone else for this role...
Keep fresh. Eat well (our top ten brain foods will help). Exercise.
Have regular social time booked in and have a bit of fun - putting your life
completely on hold, suffering, getting ill or down, isn’t going to help.
You’re playing a long game, you know the process could take a long time,
and you need a balanced, healthy and sustainable way of doing it.
In terms of interview and work experience nerves. Just remember that
you’re a human dealing with other humans. You are someone who’s
honestly trying to learn, who feels they’ve got something to give. People
will help you, you don’t need to feel ashamed or fearful because of being
in that position.
07
Maximise experience to
fuel flexibility and tenacity
The only certainty as you set out on
the employment trail is that many of
your career plans and goals will shif,
adapt and maybe even u-turn.
Not many people end up doing
exactly what they set out thinking
they might do on leaving uni.
The key to this process being
successful is to keep feeding in the
fuel of experience.
Work experience, interview
experience, conversations with
those in the industry, placements,
trials and ultimately living with a
job, experiencing the culture and
witnessing the job progression.
These all feed your tenacity: ‘I can
succeed in this, I want this’ or inform
your flexibility: ‘Am I playing to my
strengths?’, ‘Are there aspects to this
role which aren’t for me? Should I
adjust my plans accordingly?’
“Forget about pride, you are
bound to make mistakes - be
ready to receive criticism and
learn from it.”
Job 15
Ten step guide to keeping your job
Job 17
Volunteering
You’ll never have a better moment in your life to try
something new. No salary trap, no mortgage, no kids –
time to do something amazing.
V
olunteering with organisations like Volunteer
Uganda gives you the chance to gain new skills,
new experiences and new connections whilst making a
difference in some of the poorest parts of the world.
You’ll make yourself more attractive to employers and
really test out your own skills, strengths and ambitions – if
you don’t know which path you want to follow just yet,
volunteering projects are an amazing way to explore
what you value in life and the kind of career that you might
want to pursue.
Volunteer Uganda is a stand-out example of this. As
winners of the 2012 ‘Teach A Man To Fish’ Pan-African
awards for Entrepreneurship in Education, they are
widely recognised as one of the very best organisations
out there for making a life-changing difference to others
whilst having a once-in-a-lifetime experience of your own.
Whereas too many organisations have only loose links
to their volunteers and to the places where they work,
Volunteer Uganda is absolutely rooted in its local
community — the beautiful hills and valleys of Bwindi, in
south-western Uganda. Working in schools and colleges
funded and built by VU and its partner charities, their
volunteers are backed up by a unique level of integration
and support.
Over the last ten years VU has always sought to make a
sustainable, long-term impact, making a difference
where local children need it most.Education provides the
best path away from poverty. Be part of VU’s amazing
team of high-impact volunteers, and you will:
• Learn to teach through our certificated Limited
Resources Teacher Training (LRTT)
• Teach for either 6 or 12 weeks in one of our
partner schools
• Gain tangible, transferrable skills to take home
with you, having made a life-changing impact
More than this, we guarantee that you will have the time
of your life, with the chance to go white-water rafing,
bungee jumping, gorilla trekking (with the last of the
mountain gorillas, native to Bwindi’s Impenetrable Forest)
and on Safari, as well as exploring “the pearl of Africa”,
Uganda — one of the most beautiful and welcoming
countries in the world!
OF THE POPULATION LIVES BELOW
MOTHERS HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 8 CHILDREN
Do something amazing.
Volunteer Uganda.
THIS IS A SPONSORED FEATURE
THE POVERTY LINE
ON LESS THAN $1 A DAY
UNDER MORE THAN
YEARS OLD
15 50%
OF THE POPULATION IS
CURRENTLY IN UGANDA…
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The BIG Wisdom on
Graduate Accommodation
Where you end up living afer uni falls into 2 main areas (unless you’re travelling
or doing the Internships Hobo Thing*) - living at home or a flatshare.
Oh, Big Wisdom! Guide us to successful graduate living...
Flatshare
Turn down the week-night craziness / Take pride in your
professional pad / Don’t rush into choosing flatmates
*The internship Hobo Thing - this is basically when you’re doing unpaid placements/work experience and sleeping on friends’
couches. Our advice is ‘embrace the hobo spirit’ - mix up where you stay regularly to give folks their living rooms back for a little
while. And of course pitch in with chores - the more you do, the happier they’ll be to see you return.
Living at home
Respect don’t regress - pitch in
Save cash whilst the rents are low (or don’t exist...)
“You should treasure living at
home because once you move
out properly it is so expensive!”
“I’d recommend going ‘speed-flatmating’
(yep, just like speed-dating, but to meet
flatmates). In an hour you can find someone
compatible - it saves so much time!”
“Enjoy the home-cooked meals
and cleanliness whilst you work
on getting out of there. If you are
travelling on and off, this is an
ideal responsibility-free base.”
“Just be honest with your
parents and treat them with
respect then they should
respect you too and give you
your own space.”
“Take a deep breath and
be confident - it’s always fun
meeting new people and
exploring new towns.”
“It can be a brilliant thing.
Myself and lots of people I know
have made some great friends
and experienced whole new social
worlds through flatsharing.”
“Its hard!!!!!! Realise that it’s
a change for them as well
though, so remember to tell
them if you’re going out and
housekeeping must improve!”
“You can find brilliant people,
people who are fine, and those
you really don’t want to live
with - look for the first two...”
“Get out of the habit of being a
lazy student and pitch in with all
jobs that need doing, you’re like
a proper adult now!”
“If you go out on the lash on
a weekday, be considerate of
your flatmates!!”
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20 Guide to life afer university Fun 21
Visit all your uni friends in their home towns
When you graduate is the ultimate time to get right under
the skin of home towns across Britain (whilst your friends
are still connected there). You can get graduate discounts
on Megabus and National Express on More Beans if
your student card has run out. So bus yourself all around
the country for fun and frolics with uni friends in their
‘natural’ home environments!
Go to a theme park
If there’s one thing that’s gonna remind you to keep hold
of your inner excited kid, it’s going to a theme park.
We haven’t got theme park discounts on More Beans
yet (but we’re hoping to soon), so go soon and use the
studentbeans.com discounts before your student card
runs out!
• Get 42% off Alton Towers
• Get 40% off Thorpe Park
Do at LEAST one festival
It really would be rude not to...Here are the
studentbeans.com guides to all things festival.
• UK festivals 2012 - lineups, dates, prices
• The best niche festivals 2012
• 12 Fantastic foreign festivals



Go on a date
Don’t worry, even though you’re leaving the university
pool of rich dating material, the birds and the bees thing
still goes on in the outside world. You may have to adapt
a bit though.
One option is to go online or even try newer ‘location
based’ dating services like Badoo - sign up free with
Badoo at More Beans
Go mini interrailing or even couch surfing
A couple of great ‘alternative’ ways to travel. There’s
some great info on Mini-interrailing and couch surfing
on studentbeans.com
Go to the theatre
To celebrate your newfound grown up-ness, why not take
a trip to the theatre - you may find yourself shouting ‘Out
of my way uncivilised imbeciles! I’m a grad-u-ate and I’m
going to the the-a-tre!’, or something similar.
Cut the cost of your new graduate theatre lifestyle with
• 50% off top west end shows on More Beans

The Graduation Bucket List or
Don’t ever forget the fun!
We’ve already talked about the importance
of releasing the pressure point in 10 steps to
getting a job.
One key thing, maybe the most important
thing, is to keep the fun going - carry that
joy and laughter from your uni days into
your graduate time and beyond, because
afer all - it’s what life’s all about.
As studentbeans.com passes your deals
and discounts baton to More Beans we
would all like to wish you the very best of
luck for the future.
Please, dive into the graduation bucket list...
Go bungee jumping
It’s the biggest adrenaline rush of the lot, in our opinion.
Nothing gets close to the craziness of simply stepping off a
stupidly high edge - and then the ground coming rushing
towards you...
• Find deals with the UK Bungee Club here
Go to the zoo
The zoo is so wholesome if you go with kids and so
hilarious if you go with friends. It’s a graduate summer
bucket list must.
• Get 25% off London zoo
Go on an amazing holiday
Y’know what? Making it through uni is a wonderful thing.
Book a holiday. Have a blast.
Here’s the More Beans eight best graduate
holiday destinations to get you started.
It’s been emotional.
Take care!

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01 Ibiza
All you night owls with a penchant for partying should
look to the White Isle for the best in *massive* holidays.
Expect sun, sand and very little sleep. Not into dance
music? Head to Ibiza Rocks instead for live sets from
Kasabian, Ed Sheeran and Example.
02 Croatia
Cruise around Croatia’s beautiful Dalmatian islands
and lap up the rays on the sun-soaked pebble beaches.
Head to Hvar Town for rich historic heritage and dusk
till dawn nightlife.
03 Barcelona
Head to sunny Spain for a city break in the vibrant city
of Barcelona. Stroll along Las Ramblas, check out the
iconic Gaudi architecture and munch on fresh seafood
tapas afer getting in on the tourist action with the
Hop-on Hop Off tour.
04 Budapest
Eastern Europe is a great area to explore as a recent
graduate. It’s not far to travel to and it’s cheap when
you get there. Budapest in Hungary is one of our
favourite Eastern European cities for budget travel.
From trekking the steep Gellert Hill for breathtaking
views over the city to sipping on Palinka in the outdoor
baths, this historical capital has it all.
05 Berlin
Culture vultures and party animals alike can soak up
the goodness of Germany’s bustling capital city. Afer
visiting the remnants of the Berlin wall, exploring the
incredible graffiti artwork (on a free alternative tour)
and scaling the glass dome of the Reichstag, sip a weiß
beer in one of the city’s many beach bars.
06 Thailand
If you didn’t take a gap year or just didn’t get round to
S. E. Asia before uni, then now’s your chance. Once
you’ve bartered your way down Bangkok’s Khao San
Road and gone trekking with the elephants in Chang
Mai, Koh Phangan is the place to be for buckets of
fun at the monthly Full Moon party. And when we say
buckets of fun, we mean buckets of drink.
07 Greek Isles
Explore the beautiful Cyclades just off the coast of
Greece and island hop to your heart’s content before
landing on Mykonos to combine sunbathing with water
sports, fine cuisine and beach-based partying.
08 Prague
There’s a good reason that the Czech Republic is a
popular destination for graduates and that reason
is Prague! Explore this exciting city via segway, get
cultured in numerous art galleries and museums and
drink local beers around the hubbub of the main square.
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