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cheap flights to Sydney (aus) in jan.. any ideas
:PHello everyone just wondered if anyone can help im looking to got to oz im January for 6 months to go uni over there and i need to find some cheap flights.. any ideas where i can look?? your ideas would be much apreciated by me the poor student x
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Student loan query
What happens to a student loan after 25 years? Is it written off? If I am paying mine off very slowly will it eventually vanish after the given period? ???
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money managing game and info for students
I haven't explored - cos I'm not a student any more so I hate 'em, with all their time off and their discount deals :P - but I looked briefly at the site and it's tidy enough, and might be useful for people looking for a really basic starting point: http://www.mny-mny-mny.com/
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Changing University?
This is not really a money saving question but some advice. Im in my second year at university and im repeating two modules, so technically my third ( I have dyslexia and struggled a bit) but cant afford to carry on studying here because i own a house with my boyfriend else where, so paying two lots of rent etc, someone…
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Graduates - earn some money & help out too
If you are a graduate, especially those doing a postgrad, why not think about registering with your university's (or the one local to you) disability service as a non-medical assistant? these are people who provide assistance such as note-taking, reading aloud, helping in practicals etc to students with a disability. the…
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Help needed - PhD student accounts?
I've just started a PhD, and I need a new 'student' account. I currently have one at RBS, but I'm about to close that as they are complete muppets, well when it comes to dealing with my account they are. I'm not going to get in to it here, but I will say a 4 page complaint to the manager and they still haven't sorted it…
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Multiple student accounts are overrated!
I hate to be a bit of a kill joy, but opening multiple student accounts for the purpose of investing the interest free overdraft in a high interest account earns you much less than you may think. :( You'll get a maximum of around 4.50% net, so in theory a £1000 overdraft will earn you £45 per year for one account.…
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Free Community Care Magazine for Students
https://www.rbisubscribe.com/cc/cca/student If you are a final year student you can get free community care magazine. Hope that's useful to someone.
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To pay off or not to pay off- thats the question!
Hoping for some advice from all you good people... I graduated this summer with the usual student loans, overdraft, credit card debts etc. Have managed to more or less clear my overdraft and credit card by working like a dog all summer. My parents have just dropped the bombshell that they have, in fact, been saving and are…
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student loan repayment threshhold
I was a bit surprised to see the article on student loan repayment say it kicks in after £15,000pa earnings. This hasn't started yet - see below lifted from SLC: Under the new Student Support scheme, you are liable to start repaying your loan from the April after you graduate or otherwise leave your course, and when your…
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Internet in shared house
I wonder if anybody has suggestions re the best way to get on the internet in a shared house. My daughter has just returned to Leeds Uni for her 2nd year and is sharing a house with 4 friends.They are trying to arrange an internet connection and it's not clear which is the best way to achieve this. There is an NTL socket…
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MCSA on the cheap
Does anyone know of a good study package for a MCSA 2003 ? want to study but prices can be so expensive, or does anyone have any recommendation of course providers for this qualification ?
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Student union card
Can anyone tell me how old you have to be to get student union card. My daughter is 15years old in full time education at a community college, is she old enough to apply?
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Moving a Student loan onto a 0% credit card
Just wondering whether it is possible to put the remainder of my Student Loan onto a 0% credit card? How would I go about paying the money to Student loans from the card and could you keep transferring the money to other 0% credit cards indefinately? Has anyone done this?