How to cut living costs as a student?

BFM

see if you can't get a couple evenings bar work.

a kind of social life, a couple nights where you bring money in not spend money

irstaroo22

I just found this great blog about student money saving on cosmo http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/campus/student-money/how-to-half-your-food-bill

No_Future

1) Don't buy alcohol
2) Don't go on nights out - expensive
3) Borrow library books
4) Share cooking w/friends/flatmates

markwads

or there is a free student accommodation competition running on the Mansion Student website at the moment that could save a fair whack!

oli_bham

Taking surveys are quite good for making a bit of extra cash, doesn't take up too much time and you get a nice surprise when you reach a certain amount of credits. You can sign up to a number of market research companies sites - YouGov is a good one. studentbeans have also set up a research panel just for students and it's free to register.