The welfare handbooks typically include information on student accommodation, welfare, grants and loans, health matters, legal issues, insurance and advice for overseas students.
Recent editions of the handbook are known as the Student Survival Guide.
The series does not include handbooks for the years 1975/6, 1976/7, 1979/80, 1982/3-1992/3, 1995/6. It has not proved possible to identify year of publication for the Student Survival Guide.