Starting university is an exciting and nerve racking experience. Like many other new students, I gladly signed up for a Santander student account, being drawn in by the free railcard and the interest free £2000 arranged overdraft. That was now 5 years ago and throughout my studies I have rarely mana

As a mature student who has previously been in long-term full-time employment prior to beginning my university course, I feel like I have had a number of good years’ experience in learning how to manage money independently and juggling the high costs of living in London alongside personal and leisur

As a student, especially in your first one or two years it is really hard to miss out on things because of worries around money, especially when you have the safety of an overdraft, especially when some banks allow you to go over by such large sums up to £2000. In the short term it’s so easy to thin

The costly lifestyle at university which means I am paying for things I have never paid for before such as washing means that I am heavily reliant on the money I had saved before I arrived. I am therefore worried that once I finish university I will have no savings to rely on when I want to buy a h

As a student that goes to Sheffield Hallam university, one of my main problems is looking after money and concerned if I will have enough by the end of the week. As a student you have to look after yourself, meaning pay for food and drinks, washing, any spare utensils, going out and any memberships