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Is this a dumb idea?
Hi, I'm a PhD student and have a decent interest free overdraft (although its being reduced every year) and get sponsored about £2500 quarterly. What I've been doing up til now is taking a huge chunk of this money after being paid from my current account into my ISA and living as close to my overdraft limit as possible…
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Apprentice
Are there any deals or specials for apprentices ? I am in my 2nd year as a spark, and i go to college 9 weeks a year, and am regarded as a part time student. The rest of the year I work for an electrical company. I heard that I might be able to get a 0% student overdraft of £1400 over 4 years. I was thinking I could take…
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Cheapest Student Utility Companies
For those of you who are lucky enough to have your bills payed for you by your landlord this won't apply to you... for the rest of us... Quite often the default supplier of utilities won't be the best! But the search utilities suggested by Martin in the tips don't give you the best prices if you're only connected for 8-9…
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free GCSE maths tutorials
http://www.easymaths.com/GCSE_Main.htm This is Ideal for the kids homework
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Student Savings Account Question
Hey, I'm sorry if this has been posted before or it's somewhere else on the board, there's just so many topics/threads it's hard to know where to look :P Basically, I'm in my first year of uni, i decided not to take out a loan (still living with a parent, got my own job, so it would be wasted money if i did take it out)…
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Looking for laptop-where can I get a discount????
HI Im looking for a good laptop, i have a NUS card for university...does anyone know where I can get discounts from please??? I havent a clue. Thanks so much Maddie xxx
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Eurorail
Hi anyone know anything or where to find anything re Eurorail for students to spend the summer travelling the continent ?
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Newbie food shopper saving tips
I'm not quite a student but I'm a newbie food shopper and it can be quite expensive. One fantastic trick I've discovered is home freezing. Sainsbury's recently had a buy 1 get 1 free promotion on chicken breast fillets so I stocked up and froze a few packs. They can sit in the freezer for 1-2 months past their best before…
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Great easy way 2 donate £1.50 for the tsunami fund
please follow this thread and find an easy way to donate £1.50 to the official tsunami fund :) :):) http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Free;action=display;num=1104943049;start=0
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Free Basic Car Breakdown Cover With Any Accounts?
Hi, I opened a few bank student accounts a few years ago and saw a package offering free basic car breakdown cover. I cant remember which bank! Can anyone tell me which bank(s) offered this? Cheers, Nick.
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cheaper books
Hi I've just saved money on a book at the following site which compares book prices. https://www.accountancystudents.co.uk/bookshop I found the link on the saynoto0870.com site and saved £4.86 on Michael Palins Himalaya book :) The site compares prices at 9 book stores some of which I had never heard of. Also, probabaly…
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A help to all Students
My niece Claire has just purchased a Visa Debit Card. She is 18 and does not want a credit card, she wants to be in control of her finances and not get into debt. It acts like a top up phone card, just load money on to it at any Bank or Post Office and it can be used at any ATM cash machine worldwide, on the internet or…
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Living on my own can I get a grant
I don’t live with my parents anymore and live I a single bed flat, I would like to go to London Met next year but can’t afford to pay any fees, My parents earn over £40k but will not pay for my course (I don’t have contact with them anymore) will I get a grant as I live on my own and earn under 10k per year?
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question about student loans and second degrees
I'm confused. Back in the days when there used to be student grants, you could get a loan no matter how many loans you'd had in the past - but you could only get a grant first time round. Then they abolished the grant and replaced it with a bigger loan - but you can still get a loan, no matter how many loans or grants…
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Tax status post graduation
Hi, Can anyone tell me how the tax office would know if I didnt change my tax status on my savings account once I have ceased being a student? i.e. no longer tax emempt and earning more than my threshold but didint notify ING.... I am not suggesting that I want to try to cheat HMTax Office or condone the actions of those…
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searchable (and free) revision guide
searchable (and free) revision guide. S-Cool! provides comprehensive revision articles, useful for exam preparation. GCSE subjects covered here include: Maths, Biology, English, Geography, Chemistry and PE. The "A" Level revision subjects included here are: Maths, Sciences, English Literature, Economics and History. You'll…
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Free Trial to help students
Get a 60 day trial of Microsoft's OneNote 2003. Ideal for keeping track of those Lecture notes! Microsoft One Note Trial
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£10 Computer - Ideal for Students
The systems would be ok for a student only wanting to do basic tasks, i.e. word processing / internet. Plus its only £10. :) Product Description RM 400MHz System CPU Intel Celeron 400Mhz Processor HDD Min 4 Gb RAM Min 64 Mb Devices 1.44floppy Drive , 10/100 Network Card, Additional These systems are ex Schools equipment…
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really tricky student money predicament
Basically I'm a suspended student on medical grounds. If I were to go back to full time study I'd find it very difficult indeed, and that's the problem. the problem is because I'm a suspnded student, by law, that makes me a 'full time student'. As I'm suspended I have no loan, no income from student sources. Unfortuantely…
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tax-free high interest savings a/c?
hiyas hope this Q hasn't been asked before - can't seem to find one! I've just read one of articles about Top Student Bank Accounts 2004/05 and came across this phrase : 'in a high interest savings account (tax-free for most students' Does anyone actually know of a High Interest savings account that is tax-free for…