5 tips for saving money whilst at University

Money is always the big issue when going to university. I know a lot of people that come to the last few weeks of each term and begin to realise they may have gone too wild in Freshers’ week!
READ MORE →Money is always the big issue when going to university. I know a lot of people that come to the last few weeks of each term and begin to realise they may have gone too wild in Freshers’ week!
READ MORE →BUCS stands for British University and Colleges Sport, and Wednesday (if you haven’t come across this word before) is a day of the week! Put them together and you have BUCS Wednesday. This is hands down the best day of the week at Cardiff Met’s Cyncoed Campus!
READ MORE →Five guys, a free Saturday, what do we do? Go to the Brecon Beacons of course. And that’s exactly what we did one Saturday – got in a car and an hour later there we were.
READ MORE →The repetitive beep of an alarm echoes close by; I hope it’s not mine. My arm stretches out of the warm covers patting around trying to locate my phone. I squint at the screen: 7am.
READ MORE →As the Clock strikes 7 am, the familiar yet unwelcome sound of the alarm blares out like a loud horn. Groaning as I leave the warm embrace of my bed, I realise I don’t have any lectures until 11 am.
READ MORE →6.45AM and my alarm goes off. I weigh up the importance of straightening my hair compared to having more sleep and opt for the snooze button.
READ MORE →As this is my third year, I live in private accommodation, in the Cathays area of Cardiff, which in many people’s minds is called “studentville” – owing to the large student population.
READ MORE →Take a look at my video for a busy day consisting of Strength and Conditioning training, a Physiology lab session, Biomechanics testing and a Psychology lecture, and see what life as a second year Sports & Exercise Science student is like 🙂
READ MORE →The time is 07:45 and I have 45 minutes to get ready before I have to leave for class. Tuesday is the busiest day on my timetable. I start at 09:00 and finish at 16:00 with a few breaks in-between. Luckily, I only have two early starts a week.
READ MORE →8am and my radio begins to play; today I need to be at uni at 10am which is like most days. I pop down stairs to get some breakfast and some of my house mates are up and heading off whilst some looking a little worse for wear after last night’s partying!
READ MORE →I live with my partner in a flat which is a 10-minute walk away from the Llandaff campus.
READ MORE →I start every week day off with exercise. For me, this is the most important part of my day!
READ MORE →So, you have made it through the confusion that is UCAS. You have passed your A-levels while devouring an impressive amount of chocolate.
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