Two years at university at home

Jmoo

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RAS

Jmoo wrote: »

At present I pay about £10 a day for travel – so about £50 a week. There is the occasional expensive taxi bill when I go out once a month and need to return home late at night. It doesn’t happen often as you can imagine and I try to kip in someone’s lounge to avoid it. £75 a week for rent wouldn’t include most bills so that would be another headache.

So in reality, you are talking about another £15 per week plus bills? And that will enable you to pace yourself much more carefully and possible achieve a higher grade in your degree. Somewhere around £80-1000 for the whole year, plus your food.

It might be a good idea to talk to your welfare officer in the Student Union and get some independant advice from them. They may also know of bursaries or extra support payments that you can get.

And frankly if you end up with a very small student loan, you will only start apying when you earn enough and it is affordable.