What to Check Before You Open a Student Bank Account
A checklist for comparing student bank accounts: overdraft terms, fees, what happens after graduation, FSCS protection and the documents you need.
Category: Student Money
Bursaries, budgeting and part-time work while you study.
What Happens When You Withdraw From Your Course
How your maintenance loan and tuition fee loan are recalculated when you leave a course, what you repay now, and the steps to take before you withdraw.
Bursary or Scholarship? How to Tell the Difference
Bursaries reward financial need and are often automatic. Scholarships are competitive and merit-based. Compare eligibility, payment and what to check.
7 Ways to Stretch Your Maintenance Loan Each Term
Seven practical ways to make your maintenance loan last each term, from mapping payment dates against bills to cutting housing and food costs.
Can I Claim Universal Credit as a Full-Time Student?
When full-time students can and cannot claim Universal Credit in the UK, how student finance counts as income, and where to get free advice.