Managing your Money
In this section we’ll be bring you fortnightly articles on managing your money drawing on the StudentPunch team’s uni experiences. Our Money pages are currently supported by RBS MoneySense which provides impartial money management resources to students, school pupils, adults and families. You'll find 3 top tips from RBS MoneySense at the end of each of our articles.
Get in touch if there’s a particular area of money management you’d like more information on and we will endeavour to include it.
Printable Budget
Weighing up your finances can be daunting but you can put your mind at ease by using our simple budget planner. Print out the page, pencil in your predicted income and expenditure to calculate your finances. Make sure your honest as if you’re not your just wasting your time.
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Student loan: |
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Part-time job: |
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Total Income: |
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Monthly Outgoings (£) |
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Accommodation: |
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Course Related Items: |
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Food: |
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Entertainment: |
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Travel: |
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Household Bills: |
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Telephone: |
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Now take away your outgoings from you income to see if your budget balances or if you need to drop something from your outgoings.
"RBS MoneySense provides practical guidance, useful tips, tools and calculators to help you stay on top of your money. Since 1994, their national financial and business skills and information programme has helped over a million people manage their money more effectively."
