Dressing a salad may not be your forte, but dressing yourself certainly should be. There’s no need to reinvent yourself or spend your entire loan on a new wardrobe, although in some desperate cases this may be advisable. Pretty much everyone (who doesn’t wee standing up) can DIY it with Varsity’s top three trouble-free tips:

1. Layers
Layering up is the perfect way to melt away the chilly winter days in style. Enrapture your outfit with a plethora of soft contours, iridescent variety and sumptuous shape. Wrap yourself in tops of differing lengths, styles and fabrics to give a more textured feel - like an onion, only hotter and no tears guaranteed! Try chic shirts beneath floaty strappy tops with a shrug, cropped jacket or even both enveloping you on top. Plain is often better – especially if accessorised. Dark fabric electrified with flashes of colour is also a wonderful winter warmer. If in doubt, stick to incremental shades of one colour, or just ask an (honest) friend for advice! Stripping off and switching between layers will enable you to toggle between different looks as and when you need them. Indoors-Outdoors. Casual-Smart. Supervision–Sexy. You never know who you might end up sharing a lecture hand out with...

2. Accessorise
Even the dullest outfit can be splashed with mojo by good accessorising. Long chunky necklaces liven up bland and tired tops. Think bounteous beads. Think chunky ethnic. Be bold. Just be aware of overdoing it and of obviously clashing materials like diamante with wood. Warning: if you are lucky enough to have big boobs, then beware of wearing low cut tops with long pendants that nestle snugly in your cleavage. Not a good look, really.

3. Boots
These will provide more invaluable life long loyalty and love then any boyfriend, with the added bonus that they won’t ever complain that you take too long to get ready. Uber practical for keeping your feet warm and dry, but at the same looking ultra slick. Think 21st Century tea cosy for the tootsies. The wonderful thing about boots is that there really is something for everybody. Cowboy to Indian, ankle to knee, slouch to straight. Tuck your jeans in or get your pins out – either way boots will shake it all about. Anything goes! And no more tatty trouser ends.

Never say never? That’s just one of those infuriating phrases spouted ignorantly by optimists. When it comes to lectures, always say never to the following disasters in transit...

1. Stilettos
Wearing these to lectures means you deserve to fall down the stairs and break something. If you see anybody stuck in the pavement by their subtle 9’’ heel at 8.30 in the morning, point and laugh, please.

2. Last night’s clothes
Smoke-saturated, beer drenched, Gardies-stained ‘glad rags’ should be left where they belong, on your bedroom floor. I bet that you looked good on the dancefloor, I bet you’ll look horrendous in the lecture-hall…

3. Stash overload
It’s great that you play every Blues sport ever invented, and won a tailor made lycra t-shirt with your name on it for taking part in Clare Novices’ two years ago, it really is, but you don’t need to show them all off at once, especially not alongside your complimentary clashing College scarf.

4. Pyjamas
Made for sleeping in, in much the same way that salopettes are made for skiing in, and would you wear your ski suit to lectures?

Nadia Manzoor