A question about : Useful Student Threads
Links that you may find useful:-
Students and tax:-
https://www.studenttaxadvice.org.uk/
Threads that you may find useful:-
Its nearly time for Students to start University so here are some threads that you may find useful. If you need any advice you can still post in the Student Board or the MoneySaving Old Style Board.
What do I need to take with me?
List for University or What to take to Uni (Old Style Board thread)
Any Student Discounts?
See The Great Student Discount Hunt
Whats best, catered or self-catered halls?
Catered vs. Self-Catered
Need an idea for something to cook?
Take a look at Student Shopping and Eating or Old Style Recipie Index
Whoops, I've spilled something! How to I clean it?!
Just visit The Cleaning Recipie Index in the Old Style Board
Also see the Cleaning Section of the MEGA index for lists of what got spilled on and how to clean it
Where should I put my money? Who will offer me the best overdraft?
Read Martin's article Top Student Bank Accounts 2007/2008
FYI magazine by Alvin Hall
www.fyimag.co.uk Financial tips for young people! And more.
Contents Insurance:
Threads on the Student's board
Threads on the Insurance board (lots)
Best answers:
- Some useful threads from Old Style (Thanks to Squeaky for sending me these):
Living Within Your Means
Some discussion with tips on how to manage on a low budget.
Cooking for one
Money Saving Meals for one
As you may be cooking for yourself most of the time heres some threads to help.
Emergency food tin
A thread listing basic food items (and other stuff) that it's handy to take with you, or build up once you are there.
Store Cupboard Challenge
When the money runs out and there ain't much in the store cupboard, there are lots and lots of ideas for using up those last odds and ends in the Store Cupboard Challenge.
Mega Index
Everything in Old Style that has been talked about, thought about or even tried.
Obvious tips (from a first year)
A collection of "obvious tips" for students. - thank you it helpful
- Thanks.
If anyone knows of any useful threads that I could add please let me know. - Is there anything on here on student bills etc, who is best to go with and things?
cheers - i just started a thread on cheap or free books which might be of interest to students
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....html?t=322270 - any threads on companies which insure your contents in a shared house would be useful please.
- The obvious tips thread which I have bumped would be a useful addition to the list I think.
- i need help on finding cheap student contents insurance please
the best i've found so far has been HSBC (through Norwich Union)
i've tried endsleigh and cover4insurance.com so far but they were all way high - does your parents contents insurance not cover you? worth finding out
- thanks for posting.. it's helpful...
- I just read an article on www.fyimag.co.uk by ALvin Hall on financial tips for young people!
It's quite a good article and you can ask Alvin Hall questions about money.
Hope that helps! - I've just updated the first two posts.
Anything else? - Not a 'thread', but this site might help with tax advice for students. I found out about it through my uni as part of the HM Revenue & Customs Student Tax Awareness Week
https://www.studenttaxadvice.org.uk/ - Thanks, I'll add it to the list of useful links.
- what a great post!
- [quote=wirm;870380]Links that you may find useful:-
Students and tax:-
https://www.studenttaxservices.org.uk - Free and IMPARTIAL advice and free helpdesk - Freemonster
- I know this is a shameless bump, but my new blog might come in here, it's studentcashflow.co.uk. It has usefill tips on student banking, budgeting, making some extra cash, student living and most financial topics which affects students.
- I used saxon insurance when I went to uni the first time. They were reasonably priced and their customer services seemed really good though I don't know how they were if you actually had to claim through them.
https://www.saxoninsurance.com/
I'd avoid endsleigh - they are the insurance company which is recommended by the NUS but they are much more expensive than most other student insurance packages and I have friends who found their customer services appalling.
I think they rely on students taking the advice of NUS and not bothering shopping around.
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