Info for Students
The University of Nottingham has provided these tips to help keep yourself safe:
- Close it and lock it – don’t give burglars a helping hand. Make sure you lock your doors, rooms and windows when leaving your property
- Be smart – mark your laptops and cameras etc using Smartwater
- Immobilise – register all your valuables online to help catch thieves and keep a list of the make, model and serial numbers of your electronic items
- Don’t be a show off – keep valuables like laptops, mobile phones, ipods and expensive jewellery out of display in your home, car and when walking around
- Plan – your journeys – if you are going out, make sure you tell a friend. Don’t take short cuts and only use licensed taxis
- Never walk alone – walk with friends and in groups. Don’t make yourself more vulnerable
- Drink aware– enjoy your drink responsibly. Don’t leave your drink unattended and never accept drinks from strangers
- Don’t flash it – be wary around cash points
- Stay alert – if you see someone hanging around outside your house or halls, ask them who they are and be careful of letting others follow you into your building
- Shred – shred your personal documents before you bin them
You can find more information on the Notts Police website, where you can also download a student survival guide.
For more advice, visit these links to the city’s university pages: www.nottingham.ac.uk/yourcommunity, www.ntu.ac.uk/ntucommunity