Handy tips on student safety

Police Scotland is delivering vital safety advice to students as they begin the new academic year.

The Student Safety Campaign provides tips on how to enjoy student life while avoiding potential dangers.

It offers advice on keeping yourself safe at home, online, at parties, in water, and covers safeguarding your identity and avoiding illicit trade.

Students are being encouraged to think about how secure their accommodation is, and it gives useful tips on how best to prevent your home being targeted by thieves.

Students are also being reminded to record details of all valuables, such as laptops and phones, so if they do experience a theft and the police recover the items, they can be returned to them.

Chief Inspector Scott Tees, of Safer Communities, said: “For many, becoming a student can be a life-changing and life-enhancing experience – that’s why Police Scotland wants to ensure you have a safe and enjoyable time during your studies.

“Our campaign is to raise awareness on how you and your friends can stay safe throughout student life.

“We would ask that students take a few minutes to download our Police Scotland Student safety guide, which contains useful tips on how to stay safe, whether that’s on campus, at home or socialising both on and offline.”

PC David Clark, Student Liaison officer, added:“University and college has a big impact on the students’ lives.

“By providing this advice, we want them to make the most of it and enjoy student life safely.”

There is lots of advice on the Police Scotland Facebook and twitter accounts and people can follow #StudentLife for more tips.

All the advice can be found at www.scotland.police.uk