What were you left to live on at uni.

missbiggles1

Shrimply wrote: »

Well that's the figure I got to too. But the original post says £33, so I presumed there are other expenses being taken into account.

My reading of it is that she had £33 pw left out of her student funding so the OP is giving her £100pm on top to spend at tescos, which seems more than adequate.:)

merlin68

Her £33 a week covers her phone, travel to placements and use of washing machines and driers in halls. It was her choice to take out an i phone 6 on contract so that leaves her with £20 a week and my £25 a week.
I dont know how many days they do on placement only that its 37.5 hrs a week and starts in January or how much it will cost her to get from south bank to get to great ormond street on the tube.

Shrimply

I'd also question is Sainsburys is the best choice. It tends to be expensive. You'd maybe be better doing an online shop, for or with her from the likes of Asda.

If it was me and I was given £100 to spend on whatever I wanted at least 50% would end up being alcohol.

Shrimply

merlin68 wrote: »

It was her choice to take out an i phone 6 on contract so that leaves her with £20 a week and my £25 a week.

Ehh leave her to it then, she's worried about having £33 a week but losing £13 to that seems like a good idea. She'll soon learn.

ShayShay_2

I'm a nursing student, not in London mind you but I am from London nonetheless.

She can do NHSP but she needs to have had completed at least 12 weeks of placement or be in her second year. I've been trying to get onto it but that's the rules for NHSP. She can do bank HCA work in one of the many hospitals like St Thomas and Guys, KIngs College Hospital, Chelsea etc etc hospitals. She can get flexible work with the university, like I do for open days, interview days etc at £8.25 an hour at my uni but it might be different at South Bank. Or work with the student union. She can get a flexible part time job at like McDonalds, zero hour contracts are useful in one respect, and earn some money that way.

Get an overdraft and borrow responsibly. I started in January and didn't think I would need an overdraft but I do. My next placement is further than my uni, so I have to pay for accommodation in my uni town and placement town. But you do get the money back from the NHS for placement accommodation.

She needs to apply for a student oyster card so she can get money off travel, not like that would be a problem if she's in halls and is near the university. She would get there quicker by just walking instead of taking the bus or train if she lives close. But the oyster comes in handy for placements. And if she's going from zone 1, she's going into zone 1 anyway for Great Ormond St. It'll be cheaper to take the bus, £1.50 a journey (£3 in total there and back) that she can claim back in comparison to the train which is £2.30 (If I recall). Check the TFL website and use Single Fare finder and download the leaflet that tells you the cost for travelcards and check the bus prices also. I miss London for the very clear price structure on public transport.

I'm a mature student (28) and yes my family help me from time to time. My dad, his wife, my mum, my brother and his girlfriend all help me out with small amounts of money from time to time. I get £7747 a year, which is going up by a few pounds in September and then up again in January. I don't get a lot but I know how to save money and cut corners.

She can work, the uni just advise not to but she has to be able to plan. As a nursing student it will drive you mad with your life just being dedicated to nursing and nothing away from that.

My student accommodation is suppose to be £446 a month but because I paid more on my initial deposit it has worked out at £340 a month. I don't know how it works at South Bank.

Good idea with the food but ask her if there is a Lidl or Aldi near by. In my uni town we go to Aldi, it's the closest and the cheapest.

Good luck.

merlin68

So you can claim the travel money back, did i read that right.

ShayShay_2

merlin68 wrote: »

So you can claim the travel money back, did i read that right.

Yes she can. It works differently because she is in London. But basically if she travels further for placement an/or costs her more than her uni travel then she can claim it back. If she has to live away from halls for placement then she can claim it back.

Go to here: www. nhsbsa. nhs. uk/ 3949. aspx (sorry I cannot post links)

Scroll down and you'll see a table, you want the things in the third row of the table. 'Completing your PPE Claim Form'

Dinah93

Hubby is a nursing student, he works 2 x 12 hour care shifts a week as well. It's not ideal but it was the only way he could afford to return to uni. Most uni students work in some capacity, a few of the nursing students work in call centres or bars as they are late evening shifts which fit in to their course hours.

merlin68

Any idea how much the text books are please, she just discovered her uni does a grant for £250 a year as well.

ShayShay_2

merlin68 wrote: »

Any idea how much the text books are please, she just discovered her uni does a grant for £250 a year as well.

Don't buy any textbooks. There's the uni library. Unless the book is out of the library and she cannot get it at all I don't recommend buying them.

I'm 8 months into my degree and I've only bought one book which is the Royal Marsden of Clinical Procedures. We tend to use a lot of research papers and books become out of date by the time they are published. She should wait till she starts. Failing that she can buy the books used from other students or on Amazon.