Time to spice up your sock drawer! Why Save? When you borrow money from the bank or Student Loan Company, you pay for the privilege through interest rates and fees. When you keep money in a savings account, the bank

Borrowing money may be unavoidable at times. Here’s what you need to know. Rather than thinking of credit as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, it can be more helpful to think about whether it’s manageable. This means your ability to pay it

We heart piggy banks, but they’re just not that comfy in your back pocket. Let’s take a look at cash, credit and all things student banking. If you’re going to uni, you’re gonna need a bank account and if you’re

Think you’ve maxed out your funding allowance? Here’s what else you may be entitled to. Benefits The way unemployment, disability and childcare benefits are paid in the UK has changed in recent years, with several benefits payments scrunched into a

If you think you’ll need top-up funds from your family, don’t seal the deal until you’ve read our guide to borrowing. If you total up how much higher education will set you back and balance it against what the Government

Heads-up on your employment history, shelf-stacking isn’t an obligatory first job. Let’s size up the bucks, benefits and tax breaks of student employment. Working to finance your studies is brilliant for lots of reasons and not just because you imagine

The bottom line is that higher education for most UK students is only free at the point of delivery, you could be paying back the cost of your uni years for a long time after you graduate. Paying it back 

If you’re studying for your first full- or part-time degree (or equivalent course) and are a UK or EU student, you can apply for help with costs from the Government via the Student Loans Company (SLC) and your country’s student