University is an adventure waiting to happen and this book will be your guide, offering encouraging and friendly advice to help you navigate the journey like a seasoned backpacker.
Over the years, the university experience has changed for young people; higher education study is expensive, graduate employment isn’t guaranteed in an age of fast-evolving technology, and the stakes feel high.
In The Backpacker’s Guide to University, Dr Jo Philips and Martin Griffin draw on their collective 45 years’ experience teaching undergraduates and sixth formers to bring students the ultimate guide to making the most of their time in further education.
Together, they demystify the language of university and share the very best guidance on adjusting to university study, campus life and independent learning.
This book urges students to embrace the ‘backpacker approach’, a transformative mindset that will empower them to immerse themselves in the spirit of adventure and seize every opportunity that university life has to offer.
Features and benefits
• Offers short, practical guidance supported by key research in the field. Written by two authors – one from sixth form teaching, one from university teaching – who have supported students in both contexts.
• Includes clear and easy tasks, structured so that students can work through them sequentially from pre-arrival to the end of the first year and beyond.
• Written in a warm and approachable style, communicating comprehensive information through the easily digestible metaphor of backpacking.
| ISBN: | 9781785837449 |
| Publication date: | 28th August 2025 |
| Author: | Jo Philips, Martin Griffin |
| Publisher: | Crown House Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
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