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Your rent is due before your loan lands (and the halls know it)

The first maintenance loan instalment clears only after your university confirms you've enrolled, and that's October for many. They can't even agree when to bill you. Bristol wants 40% of the year's fee on 24 September; Manchester waits until 27 October. How to bridge the weeks in between.

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Deadlines and paperwork

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Oxbridge and medicine applications are due at 6pm on 15 October

Most dentistry and vet courses share the date. You can't press send until your reference is attached, so chase whoever's writing it. UCAS says it's "unusual" for these courses to look at a late one.

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Graduate application form questions: how to answer "why this firm" and the competency boxes

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Dropping out, switching or repeating a year: what it does to your student finance

Outside your university's free window, leaving in term one still costs a quarter of that year's fee loan, term two half, term three all of it.

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Preparing for University

Freshers 2026: what actually matters in your first fortnight (and what's just noise)

A few small jobs in your first fortnight at uni really matter.

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When will your student finance be paid in 2026/27?

Maintenance loan instalment dates, why the first payment needs your registration confirmed, and what to do if it’s late.

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Best budgeting apps for students

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Grants, scholarships and bursaries you can still claim

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Loan repayment calculator

Enter your salary, see the monthly repayment and what gets written off.

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Budget calculator

Income in, expenses out, and what is left over each week.

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Bank account picker

Five questions, one recommendation, plain links to open it.

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Freshers week: how to prepare

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How to revise for exams: techniques that hold up

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Best budget recipes for student kitchens

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Best value student laptops

Deals

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Best student discounts 2026

TOTUM, UNiDAYS, Student Beans and the rest, compared.

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Travel cards and discounts, set up properly

Railcards, coach cards and the student travel discounts worth having.

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Best student deals right now

This month's offers, and which ones we'd bother with.

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