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In the last few months I have gone from having nothing, to having too much!
I actually had to leave the student house I was living in and move back in with my parents because I could no longer afford the rent and bills. How are students whose parents cannot give them ANYTHING AT ALL be expected to compete, especially if they aren't at a university near their home, like I was lucky enough to be? (This isn't really a question addressed at the expert!)
I think the system is unfair, and even though loan amounts and tuition fees are means tested they do not take into account the very high debts which some parents (liek mine) have, only their income (which for last year was very high for my father, because he did so much overtime. There is no overtime this year so he is earning half of what he did last year, yet my tuition fees, which I pay, have doubled)
What I would really like to know is this: How can students compete at university? At my university you are made to feel inferior if you don't have the best textbooks, the best clothes and the most money to eat out every night. What are your experts tips for saving money? How is it possible for students to save when they are on such a tight budget?
Cheers
Carrie x
You go to your council's education dept. (or phone them).
Even better you can now get the first form from the the DFES website and then send it to your ed. dept.
click here:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/studentsupport/formsandguides/for_.shtml