Articles in the Students Category
Best Financial Move At University
April 24th, 2008
Plonkee recently replied to a meme on her best financial move in college - I chimed in in her comments, but I thought it was something worth expanding on here.
I was pretty fortunate that I was in one of the last university years who …
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Students of English: Save Money On Textbooks
January 14th, 2008
Here’s a neat little tip courtesy of Lifehacker, which probably only really relates to students of English Literature, but might also be of use to those who like a good read too.
Project Gutenburg is a website which publishes ebooks (books in Adobe PDF format) of texts which …
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Student Loans Get More Expensive: Should You Repay?
November 29th, 2007
We’ve discussed the decision to leave or pay off your student loans before, and although the answer generally used to be “it’s the cheapest debt you’ll ever get into, don’t repay it until you’re forced to”, things have changed recently.
The interest rate on student loans, which used to be …
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Free Guides To Payment Cards For Teenagers
October 1st, 2007
Apacs, the UK payments association, has released 2 guides discussing payment card options for teenagers and ‘young adults’.
According to Apacs, 86% of 18-24 year olds carry some sort of plastic in their wallets, and these guides aim to help them make the right decision when choosing payment cards. And …
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Student Finance: More Reading
September 26th, 2007
If you’re interested in reading some more about student finance following my recent posts, The Telegraph has a couple of interesting articles looking at student money issues.
Firstly, Do Your Financial Homework As A Student looks at pretty much all aspects of money at university, including student bank …
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Student Finance: Insurance for Your Belongings
September 11th, 2007
One thing that many students overlook in their haste to get setup in their student house or halls of residence is insurance for their belongings. With the amount of electrical items and gadgets that the average student will be taking with them on the increase, it is becoming more and …
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Student Finance: Credit Cards
September 11th, 2007
If there’s one financial product I’d suggested you try to avoid for as long as possible at university, it’s credit cards. Nothing can hurt your finances as much as a couple of grand sitting on your card steadily growing as the interest mounts up. Recent studies suggest that 43% of …
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Student Finance: Best Student Bank Accounts
September 5th, 2007
Comparing student bank accounts isn’t that easy - but take a look at the MoneyFacts best buy table, and you’ll see that the top two accounts offered on their are the Royal Bank of Scotland and Halifax student accounts.
Both of these accounts offer 2% interest if you are in …
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Student Finance: New Series
September 5th, 2007
As we’re approaching the start of the new academic year, I’m starting a series of posts looking at the thorny subject of student finance.
Studies suggest that this year’s freshers will owe £21,000 on average by the time they graduate, so it’s becoming more and more important that students, and …
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HSBC U-Turn After Facebook Protest
September 4th, 2007
Following on from last week’s post on students pressuring HSBC on Facebook, HSBC have decided to do a U-turn on their plans to scrap interest-free overdrafts on their graduate accounts:
Thousands of students on Facebook had threatened to boycott the bank. The National Union of Students said this made
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