Archive for October, 2009

8 Essential Free Web Tools for Students

Tools in jeans pocketWhen I was at university, there simply were no useful Web tools (except email). We did things the hard way; we backed up work on wholly unreliable CDs, we walked to libraries and thumbed through reams of dust coated books to do our research, and we wrote in stone.  Ok, we didn’t do the stone bit, but most tasks were fairly laborious. Not any longer.

The advance of the Web has meant that there are now various free excellent Web applications that can help you get organised, easily maintain back-ups, collaborate with friends, and conduct research. We’ve put together a list of 8 of the best free Web tools available for students. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW! Student Forums

forumIf you’ve been keeping an eye on our website, you may have noticed that we’ve introduced a new Forums area! This is the first of a number of initiatives we have coming out of our creative lab in order to make FreelanceStudents an engaging and useful website for the student community. So, go right ahead and discuss jobs, student life, freelancing, and, in fact, anything that comes to mind! Don’t be shy.

Before participating we recommend that you read our “Forum rules” and also the “Forum FAQs”. After you’ve digested those serious matters, why not introduce yourself in the “First time?” forum.

We’ve created 11 discussion areas:

FreelanceStudents

First Time? – Is this your first visit to the forums? Start a new thread and introduce yourself.

Terms of Use – Forum rules. Please read these carefully!

FS Official Announcements – A thread for official announcements regarding FS.

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