Student can haz savings?
Even if you feel like a penniless student who can barely scrape together enough for a decent night out, it’s worth opening a savings account.
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Even if you feel like a penniless student who can barely scrape together enough for a decent night out, it’s worth opening a savings account.
If you live in the US, though, you might want to check out Student Freelance, which works in a similar way to Student Gems (a UK site which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago).
Whether you’re a first-year in charge of your own finances for the first time in your life, or a PhD student struggling to make ends meet, get into good spending habits now.
A few weeks ago, I mentioned I’d be looking at some student discount sites and giving you the rundown on each. Here’s the first of those articles, a review of Student Beans.
Looking for a job? You might want to check out Student Gems – it’s a site that matches up students in the UK with employers who want your skills!
If you’re constantly broke and not quite sure why, try keeping a spending log to figure out where the money’s going. Here’s how:
Whatever you’re studying, chances are you’ll need to produce word-processed documents – and quite possibly spreadsheets and slideshow presentations – at some point during your studies. Don’t fork out hundreds of pounds for Microsoft Office; use a free alternative or get the full version of Microsoft Office at a cut-price student rate. Here’s how… Free […]
If you need to supplement your loan in order to survive, but can’t face serving cappuchinos or stacking shelves all day, try looking beyond the most obvious student jobs.
When I graduated, the first thing that came as a cold hard shock about the real world was that I no longer got a student discount. Make the most of your student status while you’re at uni!
Way back in September 2003, when I was 18 and about to go off to university, my “college mum” – a designated second-year at my Cambridge college – gave me a ring. One of the things she said was “Get a Nectar card.”
If you’ve not sorted out a student account yet, you might want to grab one just to get the freebies.