After coming to the UK for study, I only realized how terrifying information censorship is!

When you're worrying about living expenses and only know to work as a waiter, some people have already snagged scholarships they applied for; When you've scoured through literature for your paper, some people can filter through high-relevance documents and sort them by importance and recency... Lack of information can really be fatal for international students! I wish I knew how to use these tools when I first studied abroad! 🔗Free Textbook Websites OpenStax--A textbook library established by the Gates couple Bookboon--Textbooks for business studies Project Gutenberg--Old books Library Genesis--All books 📂Scholarship Applications Scholars4Dev--A website that compiles various scholarships CSC (China Scholarship Council) National Scholarship--For prospective international students ORS Scholarships--For master's degrees, but with high academic requirements Exceptional Britain Scholarship Program--No less than £10,000 Lansing Scholarship--Less competitive, minimal requirements, no interview Chevening Scholarship--Available for undergraduates 📒Class Assistance Tools Otter--Instant voice-to-text for note-taking Google Doc--Voice conversion for real-time language content recording 📂Presentation Transparent note--Prompter for speeches Canva--Free access to 100k+ massive templates Eagle--For creating statistical charts in PPT, comes with templates Focusky--For creating animated PPTs, comes with a lot of templates Animoto--Essential tool for combining pictures and videos Slidesgo--PPT template library Nearpod--Interactive presentation tool to engage the audience 📒Homework Gadgets Teams--Essential for group discussions Outlook--For receiving homework emails Notability--For reading e-textbooks and note-taking Process On--For creating mind maps 🔗High Grades for Papers (Websites) Deepl--Treasured academic translation software Google Scholar--For literature search Zotero--Literature organization tool Grammarly/Quillbot--For proofreading and editing Turnitin--Plagiarism checker, same system as schools Connected paper--Automatically retrieves related documents 🔗Part-time Jobs Student Union/SONA--School websites Glassdoor--Convenient for viewing company reviews LinkedIn--A must for those working in the UK Indeed--More small and medium-sized companies Handshake--Suitable for internships 🔗Living, Eating, and Entertainment UNiDAYS--All sorts of student deals! Uber--Taxis, wide coverage Railcard--Discounted train tickets, student discount Foodpanda--For ordering takeout