Parent of 2011 student queries

yorkiegirlie

frames1_uk wrote: »

that's brilliant that he worked and paid for it all himself, obviously a very resourceful young man, you must be very proud

very proud as he never moaned once - even on the day he spent 12 hours sorting chillis! lol

its just a shame there are no weekend jobs, and round here there are certainly no saturday jobs, so of course his finances have run dry.

frames1_uk

no jobs round here whatsoever, so my daughter has never worked, she did try asking a couple of supermarkets etc, but no joy.

yorkiegirlie

frames1_uk wrote: »

no jobs round here whatsoever, so my daughter has never worked, she did try asking a couple of supermarkets etc, but no joy.

have you a sainsburys near you? you have to apply on line and you can see vacancies online. worth a try. its beig in the right place at the right time with supermarkets ... or dare i say it... having a parent who already works at one seems to get you fast tracked into part time weekend work! Same with marks and spencers.

frames1_uk

yep, it's definitely who you know these days

Oldernotwiser

frames1_uk wrote: »

no jobs round here whatsoever, so my daughter has never worked, she did try asking a couple of supermarkets etc, but no joy.

If you've got a couple of supermarkets you must have pubs/fast food places/care homes etc. "Asking a couple of supermarkets" doesn't sound like a very intensive job search.

frames1_uk

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

If you've got a couple of supermarkets you must have pubs/fast food places/care homes etc. "Asking a couple of supermarkets" doesn't sound like a very intensive job search.

yeh you're right, it certainly was a half hearted attempt, she has gone to see her dad, who lives abroad, at quite a few school holidays, so it's been hard to take job hunting that seriously really. All her mates work, so she must have thought about it!

rozmister

£83 a week isn't too bad if you instill a strong sense of budgeting and she doesn't go out uptown. If she goes to SU and Student bars/pubs/clubs the drinks are cheap.

Travel in london - you can get student oyster cards which mean for every journey you take there is a small discount to account for being a student. TfL can give you lots of details about this.

In my experience course costs aren't very high it's just printing, paper, pens, etc. I have a printer at home and only spend £5 on uni printing (so I can photocopy and print off the odd bit) in a year. For paper and pens I go to Wilkos when it's back to school and really stock up. It's all so cheap and tbh it's fine quality for making notes!

As everybody else said you don't need to buy a lot of books generally the library have them although you need to get them out when the essay is set because when it gets to the week before they all go and they all go around dissertation submission dates. I do buy my textbooks but I am dyslexic so I get funding for them from my LA.

I can vouch for Sainsburys as a really good p/t job around studies. If she worked for them she could become a dual store colleague which means she can work at a store near her uni during term time and come back to your local store in the holidays. The pay is over NMW, the 10% discount on food is helpful and the people are nice

One thing I always think is a really nice thing for parents of uni students to do is a hamper for their kids at the start of each term. I don't get these but a lot of my friends do. Their parents put in things with long lifes like pasta sauces, pasta, tins, cereal, etc. If you looked out for offers you could get really nice stuff for reasonable prices and then she's set up to begin with. Although most of the people I know who get these have to keep some of the food in their room because cupboards in shared housing are titchy!

frames1_uk

what a lovely post, thank you for that If she goes to City, I think we'll be getting the train as it states there is no parking, so we'll take 2 suitcases each and drag as much stuff as we can to her room. The hamper idea is great, I was going to do that, might even send food parcels! She's a vegetarian and lost quite a lot of weight recently, so I worry about that too!

Char_pdc

frames1_uk wrote: »

what a lovely post, thank you for that If she goes to City, I think we'll be getting the train as it states there is no parking, so we'll take 2 suitcases each and drag as much stuff as we can to her room. The hamper idea is great, I was going to do that, might even send food parcels! She's a vegetarian and lost quite a lot of weight recently, so I worry about that too!

Instead of food parcels, where you pay postage could you organise a delivery of online shopping maybe? If you register with the supermarkets, several offer introductory offers/free delivery fairly regularly. I get offers of free delivery fairly often as I am a sporadic online shopper

Just to let you know I studied in London and it was difficult to be economical doing the shopping when I was in halls centrally as it had to be transported on the bus/by walking if I wanted to use a Superstore as they were all outside central. The alternative is using the smaller Metros/Locals but the choice is never as good and they always seem a little bit more expensive.

It wasn't as bad when I rented privately as I moved a bit further out, nearer the superstores so I could shop in bits.

Alternatively you could find out what supermarket is near her and send her vouchers. Or some run a scheme where you can have a "charge card" type thing - you keep one half and add cash, which she uses to pay for shopping.

frames1_uk

Thank you, I'm hoping her father may offer her some financial help, he lives abroad and I have no idea if he would, she doesn't want to ask and neither do I!