{"id":2620,"date":"2017-11-13T16:25:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copyright.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2017-11-13T17:26:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T17:26:25","slug":"financing-and-budgeting-at-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/arts-english-drama\/financing-and-budgeting-at-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Financing and budgeting at university"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As four wise individuals once said, \u2018money, money, money, must be funny in a rich man\u2019s world\u2019. Cheesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0\">Abba<\/a> quotes aside, financing and budgeting at university can often seem an uphill struggle.<!--more--> It\u2019s probably the first time you\u2019ve lived independently from your parents with free run of your bank account and student loan.<\/p>\n<p>There are inevitable mistakes that you will make as a student with your money, but you have to make mistakes in order to learn how to budget properly. Here are a few things to consider when working your finances at uni:<\/p>\n<h4>Food Shopping<\/h4>\n<p>Living in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lboro.ac.uk\/services\/accommodation\/halls\/\">self-catered accommodation<\/a> for two years has taught me essential budgeting skills when it comes to the weekly food shop. You soon learn after a few weeks what food you\u2019re actually going to eat as opposed to the food you\u2019ve bought that you think you will. It\u2019s perfectly normal to clear out your cupboards at the end of the year and find the tins of soup that your parents sent you off to uni with, completely untouched.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to budgeting for your food, I would recommend physically going to the shops. Yes, most major supermarkets in Loughborough offer delivery to everywhere including the campus, but there\u2019s usually a \u00a34 delivery charge if your order isn\u2019t over \u00a340. Plus, you then have to pay to reserve a delivery slot on top of that. Sometimes when getting all the way to Tesco hasn\u2019t been an option, another housemate and I\u00a0have done our shopping together to combat the delivery charge, but I always find it easier to find time to go in person.<\/p>\n<p>I also find that planning my meals for the week ahead around any commitments that I have on helps with budgeting. It means that I don\u2019t spend frivolously and then subsequently end up throwing away most of my food when it hits its best before date. This also helps me as it means I have money left over instead of frittering it away on food I don\u2019t actually need. Also, never go shopping when you\u2019re hungry! Never ends well for your bank account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2625\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0000_November-Blog-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0000_November-Blog-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0000_November-Blog-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0000_November-Blog-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0000_November-Blog-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0000_November-Blog-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0000_November-Blog-1-770x433.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>House Essentials<\/h4>\n<p>Living in a house has been an adjustment from halls. Luckily (but don\u2019t tell them), I\u2019m living with five others who I\u2019ve been friends with since my first few days at Loughborough and we\u2019ve all had time to get to know each other\u2019s strange quirks and habits. There\u2019s a definite divide between the \u2018early birds\u2019 in the house and those who I\u2019d compare to sloths. And then there\u2019s that one housemate who seems to be under the misapprehension that there\u2019s a magical washing up fairy who seems to be cleaning up after him.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve found ourselves making certain things in the house communal objects such as ketchup and eggs so whoever is doing the most frequent shop is often tasked with picking these up which works out well economically as we all take turns. We all pitch in for toilet rolls, kitchen sponges, fairy liquid and bin bags which keeps the arguments to a minimum too.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately we\u2019ve not reached the stage of drawing up a rota for taking the bins out; we play the game of whoever knocks the pile of rubbish towering above the bin over first has to take it out. Slightly less hygienic version of Jenga.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2628\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0003_November-Blog-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0003_November-Blog-2.png 1920w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0003_November-Blog-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0003_November-Blog-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0003_November-Blog-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0003_November-Blog-2-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0003_November-Blog-2-770x433.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Treating yourself<\/h4>\n<p>Sometimes we all want to reward ourselves for even making it out of bed for a 1-hour lecture. In the first few weeks of Freshers there are so many deals and offers for students that looking over your bank statement retrospectively can be a frightening experience. Yes, we all deserve a good night out or a meal out with your flatmates every now and again, but your own needs have to come first and stay in good balance. There are a few things that you should never compromise your finances for such as food, healthcare and study supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself if you\u2019ve got everything for the next two weeks? If so, make sure you\u2019ll have enough for the week after and so on. If you\u2019re getting income from somewhere,\u00a0factor that in into how much you can treat yourself. It\u2019s good to do nice things for yourself such as go out in the evenings either for a meal or to the cinema, but if you know you\u2019re on a tight budget your basic health and needs come first.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2626\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0001_November-Blog-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0001_November-Blog-4.png 1920w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0001_November-Blog-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0001_November-Blog-4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0001_November-Blog-4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0001_November-Blog-4-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/Hannah-0_0001_November-Blog-4-770x433.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Travel Expenses<\/h4>\n<p>One of the best parts of being a student is getting to visit so many different places with your friends. Whether it\u2019s visiting your best friends from sixth form at their university, or going on day trips with your new flatmates, there\u2019s no escaping that travel is expensive.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, my house took a trip up to Hull to visit their annual fair and stay with one of our housemates\u2019 family. As we all had a 16-25 Railcard, this took down the cost of the trip by a third and we managed to budget the weekend effectively between the five of us. There are also very good student deals that you can find for travelling like a National Express Coach Card or taking trips on the Megabus. It\u2019s a good way to still get all the experiences you\u2019re after, without blowing your budget for the week. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/design-school\/travelling-at-university\/\">Tara&#8217;s blog on transport at Uni<\/a> for more ideas!<\/p>\n<p>As I said at the start of this blog, the only real way that you\u2019re going to learn how to budget as a student is by getting it wrong. Yes, by all means, treat yourself to the occasional takeaway or that new coat that you\u2019ve had your eye on for weeks; but make sure you\u2019ve got enough money saved for the real essentials. It\u2019s very likely that your health may take a dip at some points during life at university \u2013 make sure you\u2019re keeping yourself well fed and in general health instead of sacrificing this and your finances for a good night out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As four wise individuals once said, \u2018money, money, money, must be funny in a rich man\u2019s world\u2019. 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