Budgeting and Money Management Tools
General tools
- What can the Student Finance Adviser do for you? (PDF: 459KB)
- Find out what your attitudes to money are. Try our Money Personaliy Quiz (PDF: 69KB)
- Keep track of your daily spending: Daily Tracker Form (PDF:98.2KB)
- Use Credit Action's Spendometer - this helps you keep track of your spending on your mobile phone.
- Household 'Kitty' sheet: (PDF:45KB)
Raising Income
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A guide to help students increase their income (PDF:50.5KB)
Budgeting
- Making the most of your money - Recap recording
- Plan ahead and work out your income and outgoings for each term: Termly Budget Planner (PDF: 153KB)
- Cashflow forecaster (Excel doc: 127KB) - helps you to plan your finances for the year ahead, allows you to keep track of your spending easily and highlights any danger points in the year where you are at risk of running out of money
- Have to Buy - Choose to Buy List (PDF: 25.9KB)
- Budget Tips (PDF:133KB) - ideas to help you stick to your budget
Funding Calculators
- Brightside calculator for UK students
- Brightside calculator for international students
- Student Parents calculator for students who have children
- Money Saving Expert Budget calculator
- What About Money budgeting tools
Money Saving Tips
- Clothes (PDF:161KB)
- Course Materials (PDF:74.2KB)
- Food (PDF:142KB) Shopping Basket Challenge (PDF:538KB)
- Health Costs (PDF:28.7KB)
- Insurance (PDF:26.3KB)
- Leisure, Sport and Entertainment (PDF:37.8KB)
- Travel (PDF:231KB)
- Utility Bills (PDF:30.1KB)
