by AHW » Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:52 am
Our eldest went last year - to an Oxbridge college - and seems to live on fresh air - he manages to save a significant portion of the c£100 a week that he has left to live on, partially because all he seemingly has time for is rowing, working and the odd trip to the pub/college bar, and partially because the terms are so short. He could eat in college but chooses to self cater and manages to do that for about £30 a week. (He paid for a ski trip out of the money he saved, and we've not topped him up at all over the first year. )
My daughter is heading to catered halls on Saturday and we have gone with the same principle you suggest - we are paying for her accommodation and she will have to live on the remains of the maintenance loan - which works out at just over £100 a week - which given all of her food is covered and most things are subsidised, I think will be OK. I suspect she will have to budget harder than my son, because she is doing a less intense course than my son and is much more of a party animal - but she is allowed to find a part time job in term time, which my son is not. We have told her to be honest if she is not managing.
We do pay for train trips home and larger ticket items if they need them for their studies or sport etc. I am sure that there are children on way more, and way less, but talking to friends with children at similar establishments to mine, £100 a week seems to be about average for the first year. I'm anticipating for the second year at my daughter's uni to probably cost more, depending on what sort of house/accommodation she ends up with.
Our eldest went last year - to an Oxbridge college - and seems to live on fresh air - he manages to save a significant portion of the c£100 a week that he has left to live on, partially because all he seemingly has time for is rowing, working and the odd trip to the pub/college bar, and partially because the terms are so short. He could eat in college but chooses to self cater and manages to do that for about £30 a week. (He paid for a ski trip out of the money he saved, and we've not topped him up at all over the first year. )
My daughter is heading to catered halls on Saturday and we have gone with the same principle you suggest - we are paying for her accommodation and she will have to live on the remains of the maintenance loan - which works out at just over £100 a week - which given all of her food is covered and most things are subsidised, I think will be OK. I suspect she will have to budget harder than my son, because she is doing a less intense course than my son and is much more of a party animal - but she is allowed to find a part time job in term time, which my son is not. We have told her to be honest if she is not managing.
We do pay for train trips home and larger ticket items if they need them for their studies or sport etc. I am sure that there are children on way more, and way less, but talking to friends with children at similar establishments to mine, £100 a week seems to be about average for the first year. I'm anticipating for the second year at my daughter's uni to probably cost more, depending on what sort of house/accommodation she ends up with.