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Budgeting as a Student
It’s such a Catch-22. Just when you get out on your own and have some money coming in you get hit with every kind of bill imaginable. Water bill. Gas bill....
Building up Financial Credit While Living at Home
When students leave home and head off to university they usually set up a variety of utility accounts open various bank accounts and credit cards,...
Credit Cards for Students
If you’re leaving home comforts behind for the first time and heading off to college or university the first thing you’ll notice is how quickly you’ll be able to spend...
Get Yourself a NUS Card
The National Union of Students (NUS) represents over 5 million students across the United Kingdom who are involved in higher or further education. This makes the NUS...
Getting Credit While You're a Student
For the vast majority of students, their time at university is one of financial strain; while for most it is not a time of actual hardship, for...
Keeping Up Your Credit Score
Your credit score is simply a three digit number that is used to let every financial institution you apply to know how reliable you are at paying off credits. These...
Managing Your Student Loan
Your student loan is likely to be the largest sum of money that you have received during your life thus far. It is very easy to get carried away thinking that your loan...
Paying off Your Student Loan
A student loan can easily total £10,000, and it is not uncommon for students (particularly those who have embarked on medical courses) to find themselves saddled with...
Questionnaire: Do You Budget Wisely?
Keeping to a budget is a skill that does not come naturally to most people, after all everyone enjoys a nice treat every now and then. Yet budgets are imperative for...
Student Loans - The Facts
Student loans may have become commonplace for today's graduates, but that is usually little comfort to a young professional who must wade through the details of paying...
The Facts About Student Banking
As a stereotype students have no money. You scrounge for a few pence to buy a snack, you wheedle free meals out of visiting parents and you bring home tonnes of laundry...
The Importance of Insurance as a Student
In economic terms, insurance is a form of risk management that hedges against the risk of a catastrophic financial loss. Got all that? No? Don’t...
Travel Expenses at University
Travel expenses at university will depend largely upon how you travel, where you travel and how often you travel. Obtaining an International Student Identity Card...
Using Your Student Loan Wisely
There are many different types of student loans available today, including loans from the government, from public sector organisations, from private sector or...
