Student Money Saving Tips

The prospect of starting university is both exciting and daunting for new students. Suddenly you're in a new city, with a lot more freedom and a budget to stick to. However, being a student doesn't mean you have to make your own entertainment and live on toast for the next three years or so.

studentbeans.com asked recent graduates who have just been through the whole uni experience for their best money saving tips and pieces of advice for those just about to start university. Just follow these few select bits of advice to make your student loan stretch further and you will slip into uni life with ease.
 

Make a weekly budget and stick to it. At the start of each week withdraw the amount of money you have budgeted and lock your debit card away. Avoid using your debit card to pay for things, if you use cash it's much easier to keep control of it. 
Law student, University of East Anglia

Don't leave it until the end of term to check your bank balance - always be aware of it!
Performing arts and music student, University of Southampton

Remember a loan is a loan, you will have to pay it back! Use student discount and studentbeans.com for everything, it really saves loads.
Politics and international relations student, University of Birmingham

Earn as much as you can over the summer before each uni year.
Physics student, University of Hertfordshire

Cook in groups. Making one meal for many people is much less work and much more economical - and you don't have to eat the same meal for days.
Chemistry student, University of Manchester

Make use of your student status as much as possible - it is only when you stop being a student that you realise how valuable things like vouchers are!!!
History student, King's College London

Your freezer is your best friend at uni! Make things in bulk like soup, curry and stew and freeze it, then you can defrost it when your desperate for food, and have ran out of fresh things to eat!
English student, University of Liverpool

Don't take too much cash out with you on a night out - I find if you've only got £10 on you, you'll only spend that amount!
Food & nutrition student, University of Reading

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