Students
Accommodation
Your rent will take up the largest proportion of your budget. There is no set cost for this, it will depend where you have chosen to study and the type of accomodation you are living in. In general, there are two options for students – halls of residence or private rented accommodation. The price of accommodation is likely to differ throughout the UK, generally the north of the UK is cheaper than the south and this will be reflected in the cost of halls or private renting.
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Books
Once you start the academic term it will become clear that you will have to spend some of your money on buying academic course books, regardless of what you are studying. The course you are on will however affect the cost of the books, the specialist materials you will need and how up-to-date the books will have to be. Law, computing and IT books will always have to be the newest editions but for other courses (for example, English and Maths) older editions will probably suffice.
Don’t be tempted to buy all the books on your academic list. The list can usually be sub-divided into primary and secondary reads – only the primary compulsory core textbooks should be purchased.
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