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Dissertation
I have a question and its not really money saving related but I'm sure people will know about this. I am entering my final year of a degree in september and was wondering what are the best books available to help me get to grips to help me writting a dissertation as in structure etc. Also are you allowed to have private…
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Budgeting for a student house
My daughter was asking me today how much money she should set aside each week/month to cover the gas.electricity and water bills and and any other bill that is liable to occur. I can honestly say I just don't know. My work collegue's son has just now in his last term at Uni been faced with an electricity bill of £300 ???-…
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Student Bankcrupcy - Implications of going Abroad
I have been reading a great deal in Observer/Guardian about UK Students declaring themselves bankrupt to lose their student loan. What are the implictions of doing this and then moving abroad to say France ? Are you then able to apply for credit etc over there. I have just graduated, have no UK assets yet and have a…
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Student Bank Accounts 2004
Its bank account time of year again Last year natwest seemed to have the best deal fir students, biggest overdraft plus intrest free on agreed overdrafts, Which is the best this year? Which offers the biggest overdraft Which offers the best freebies ;) Thoughts please.
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Student Loans Means Testing
Hi My partner is about to go to Uni at age 37. We live together but are not married. On the student loans site it requests information on my earnings, to assess his possible loan, but it says that same sex partner's income does not have to be declared. We are not Same sex parnters. Is this reverse descrimination? How would…
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None-payment of student loan
Hello all, I havn't paid my student loan back...I didn't mean not to, just lost track of it. Anyway I left Uni in 1999 and deferred for a year however I have moved loads of times since, and have heard nothing since 2000. I now have a wife and child to support on a low (But not low enough for them to leave me alone) income.…
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Buyin House. Still a Student
Have been a student for past 2 years and i am sick of throwin money down the drain into rented properties My girlfriend has just finished uni and has started working makinn about £10,000 year. I will be on my placement year and will be earnin about £12,000 but then i have 2 go back for my final year, so it will be back 2…
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Student Discount For All
Fed up with paying full price at the cinema? Last year my boyfriend and I enrolled on short courses (10 weeks) at our local college (fees depends on choice of course - my singing class was £38 and his welding course £40.50 - but some are free). We made sure the courses started in September and on the first night went to…
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Mature student finance
Hi, I am a Nursing Sister fully qualified but wanting to take a degree and specialise. There are many courses open to me with many Uni's but all cost quite a lot. Its a conversion course where i need to build points. What options have I open to me to fund this situation. I will be doing my normal day job as well as…
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Student Entrepreneur
This is a website made for students that are entrepreneurs by students that are entrepreneurs. There is a lot of information on it and it is hoped it can be a meeting ground for entrepreneurs that are students. You can see it at: http://www.studententrepreneur.co.uk
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The best Banks for intrest free overdrafts ?
Just completed a Btec national diploma in ICT, gonna tak a year out but i wanna start playing the banks, which is the best banks to go with or high overdrafts with no intrest so i can start earning intrest by putting the money in personal high intrest or ISA accounts ?
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£35k student debt - need help
Hi people, I am £35,000 in debt from my studies. £10,000 is from a student loan, £25,000 is from a HSBC professional studies loan (interest is about 1% above base rate) With all things going to plan, I should be starting work this September. What I would like to know is, are there any ways I can pay this loan off any…
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Bank freebies for oldies?
I'm going back to college in Sept so have been scouting around for good student bank accounts. Thing is, I've found that of the ones I've looked at (eg NatWest) their t&c state the freebie's only for students entering HE for the first time. I guess I could lie, but might they find out I've been to college before? Hmm... :-/
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council tax
Do students on a sandwich course work placement pay council tax
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Guaranteed money saving for students
Hi everyone! It's not easy being a "typical" student where the ends don't meet with your finances. Overhearing many students saying that they don't have enough cash and being skint really makes me think about how they manage their finances. Having a wide circle of friends and asking all of them what they spend most of…
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Loan Rate reduced
Just saw in todays financial mail the interest rate on student loans is going down from 3.1% to 2.6 % from september.
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Extra Financial Support for Mature Student
Hi there, I am a 33 student starting a 3 year course in Sept 04. We claim some tax credit, but to claim some more to help towards permanent child care , I am working the 16 hours required by our government. My wife works fulltime and earns just above the threshold. My student loan will go on course fees etc. Does any else…
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Best way to go around getting finance for a laptop
My first thought was a credit card 0% interest on purchases, but realised that in order to apply you often need to have an income of over £10k a year. Having applied for a Barclay card but i think that the 0% on purchases is only for 3 months and this would not be a sufficent time to pay this back. So was wondering maybe a…
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STUDENT WITH A MANAGED LOAN
Hey! I started Uni with a student account at HSBC which served me well, the rail cards a real gem. I'm from the south east and study in cornwall so i save about 30 quid per rail trip. My real problem is that i was silly and got into progressive debt while here at uni. Maxed my overdraft and student credit card, and had a…
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Being A Student
i notice in a lot of these posts students are very much in debt, and afterwards many of them have low paid jobs. What is everyones view on being a student, is it really worth the hassle now. When i was at school 5years ago i decided that an apprenticeship was the best route. My teachers told me that this was a stupid idea…
