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Secret Santa competition - Winner announced!

Find out if you won the £50 eVoucher...

Top recommended TV shows for students

Brighten up your TV with these 2025 bangers

Hritvi's easy move in meal

Vegetable Thai Green Curry 🍛

£20 food shopping challenge

Tips for food shopping on a budget

What's in your welcome bag!

A bag of freebies on your arrival

Sanjana's quick and easy recipe for beginners

Sticky Peanut Butter Noodles 🍜

Meet the team at Manna Ash House

Get to know the faces behind your new home

Did you know Don Gratton House has a roof terrace?

Perfect for sunny days and a bit of fresh air

Manna Ash House room tour

A bedroom in one of our London accommodations

Flatmates to Besties - Your Stories

Celebrate together this International Friendship Day

How to host the best night in with your flatmates

Good vibes, snacks and a bit of creativity...

The Move Out Quiz Competition - Winner Announced!

Find out if you won the £100 eVoucher...

Music icons that should be on your playlist

Grab your headphones and listen to some old and new tunes

How to make chai tea

Follow Tanishqa's easy recipe

3 things Hritvi loves about her en-suite bedroom

What to expect from an en-suite room at Sanctuary Students

Top 10 storage hacks for students

Make the most of your space

What is Pride Month and where can I celebrate?

The closest Pride event to your city

Our favourite celebrations so far

A year of unforgettable events

It’s okay to not be productive

A reminder during exam season

Checking out, a step-by-step guide

Read before you leave!

5 cleaning hacks to avoid fines

Don't miss that one spot...

The Ultimate Cleaning Checklist

The move out clean doesn’t need to be a nightmare!

Moving out? Time to declutter & donate

Find out how to master the two D's

Sharing the laundry load

Save money with your flatmates

How to make the perfect cup of tea

The British way to brew

Top apps to help you save money

Make your uni life easier (and cheaper)

10 unusual ways to exercise

That don't feel like exercise

Food Waste Action Week Recipes

Small changes, big impact

Pancake art ideas

Let's get creative

'Winner Date' competition - winner announced!

& find out what everyone's date preferences are 👀

St David’s Day recipes

Food glorious food

Essential student phrases in different languages

For International Mother Language Day 🌎

Come with Tanishqa to our Year of the Snake event

How we celebrated Chinese Lunar New Year

Memories for life competition - Winner announced!

Find out if you won the £50 eVoucher...

How to work your heater (part 3)

Turn up (and down) the heat! 🔥

Vegan friendly bread poha recipe

Perfect for a filling breakfast or quick lunch!

Vegan chocolate cake recipes you'll love

Easy, budget-friendly and delicious

Chicken & mushroom pie

An easy pie'sy recipe

The festive emoji riddles comp winner announced!

Find out who is getting a late Christmas present...

Pork & apple casserole with mashed potato

A real winter warmer!

So, what kind of flatmate are you?

Or what kinds of flatmates may you be living with?

Masala rice recipe

Meal prep made easy!

Three easy cake recipes

For National Cake Day!

Recycling, reselling and donating

Create and maintain a more sustainable lifestyle

The Halloween Hunt Competition - Winner reveal!

Find out who won the £50 eVoucher

Moor Lane Halls room tour

Take a look into one of our Preston accommodations

Emoji riddles competition winner!

Find out if you won the £10 eVoucher

Friends to best friends competition winner!

Find out if you're splitting a £100 e-voucher with a bestie

Recycle your batteries with us!

On-site & easy

Three indulgent chocolate recipes

For World Chocolate Day!

The best plastic-free alternatives

For Plastic Free July!

Room to 'Hoom' competition winner!

See who won the £50 e-voucher!

How to work your heater (part 1)

Turn up (and down) the heat! 🔥

How to work your heater

Turn up (and down) the heat! (part 2) 🔥🔥

Smoking in halls

How to stay safe and safely dispose

World Environment Day

Make saving the planet a walk in the park

National Cheese Day

Three recipes for cheese lovers

World baking day: easy baking recipes

Rolling pins at the ready!

My favourite things about Alliance House, London

London living for City University students

My short walk to campus from Grafton Street Halls

5–10 minutes to my lectures

Spring Competition - WINNER ANNOUNCED!

So fresh, so clean, so green!

YouTube Shorts competition: Winner!

Who has won the £50 e-voucher?!

Valentine's competition: Winner!

Who has won the £50 e-voucher?!

Sustainable Sanctuary: Your Carbon Footprint

The 2050 plan

Sustainable Sanctuary: Reducing Plastic Waste

One bottle at a time

Sustainable Sanctuary: Saving Energy

Lights off

Bin it! Don't block it!

Words to live by

Breakfast inspo for exam season

A hearty breakfast to start the day!

My morning routine

The best way to start the day with a solid morning routine

Recipes from around the world: Placki Ziemniaczane

Potato pancakes with goulash

Recipes from around the world: Mansaf

All the way from Jordan.

Recipes from around the world: Bara Brith

A Welsh Wonder.

Recipes from around the world: Egg Fried Rice

An easy classic

Recipes from around the world: Birriamen

Mexican-Asian Fusion.

Recipes from around the world: Chicken Cutlets

feat. potatoes and salad

Recipes from around the world: Chilli Crab

All about the spice!

Recipes from around the world: Belgian Waffles

Pour some sugar on them!

Recipes from around the world: Beans Porridge

Not too hot, not too cold... just right.

Recipes from around the world: Pani Puri

Indian street food at its finest.

Recipes from around the world: Momo

Momo more, please!

Recipes from around the world: Chloe Bhature

Sugar, spice & everything nice!

Do you really want to get to know your flatmates?

How keeping it communal can improve your flat relationships.

Games night with my flat

Rolled the dice on hosting a games night and got a six!

Go on holiday by sharing a bathroom

No really, you could go on holiday with the money you save!

Walker Street FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Moor Lane Halls FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Meal prep with me: Japanese curry

Easy to prepare and delicious to eat!

How to have a big night in

Keeping it really REALLY local

Pride: your voices

Thank you for all your amazing messages!

Subscribe to our Youtube channel!

Why Sanctuary Students is the channel for you

A day in the life of a Manchester student

Here is my usual day-to-day routine living at Sanctuary

A look back at 2022/23

A peek into your times in halls!

West Park Flats and Villas FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Denmark Road FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Seabraes Flats FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Tramways FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Lilian Knowles House FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Queen Margaret Residences and Winton Drive FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Heathfield Flats FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Kelvinhaugh Street and Kelvinhaugh Gate Flats FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Belmont Residences FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

Cairncross House FAQs

We're looking forward to you staying with us!

How Alliance House is encouraging eco-friendliness

5 ways they are doing their part to think green

How to make friends in halls

Make the most of this once in a lifetime experience!

Foolproof meal-prep recipes ANYONE can master

Being too tired or busy to cook can be a regular mindset

Stress busters: 8 stress-fighting foods

Takeaways are tempting, but these will make you feel 100%