Save money and time with accommodations that are close to University.
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When you are young, sometimes you forget to save money because you think that you can recover, you have time. Save money is one thing that you have to do all your life. Since childhood. But don't be confuse, save money and don't spend anything. Save money is a good many to you spend with the right thing. A graduation life needs a lot of control because many students like to go to clubs, travel, buy clothes, school supplies. Then when you separate your money into blocks you can have money for everything. But you have some ways to save more money for your investments. Let's check some of them.
1. Sharing your room
A lot of students houses in Southampton have 3 to 5 rooms. Or some flats you can share with a friend. In Southampton, you can find places that are good and next to the University. Inside the house, you can have one bedroom for you and share other rooms with friends or you can share your bedroom too. The more you share the more you can save. When you share the studyhome with friends you stay more relaxed because they make part of your group and you know everyone. But when you share with people from other places you can think this is hard. Don't be worried, you will make new friends and the best you will know another culture and interact with different people. Take advantage to improve your knowledge about other places from real people. Not from internet research. Southampton university invests in flats that have good prices for students starting from 99 pounds per week. They are around the University then you can save more time to go to your classes.
2. By bike, by walking
When the Southampton student accommodation is close to the University you can save more money on transportation. Because if you are close you can go to your classes by bike, and take a good exercise, breath the air, appreciate the visual, when you go by walking you can exercise too, but you have more time to talk with friends, get your question answered, appreciate the moment before you enter in the classroom. When you get the bike you don't have to pay for any fuel and improve your health. In Southampton, you can buy bikes at good prices on the second hand. By the way, you can use your bike to get a part-time job and instead spend money you can earn money.
3. Enjoy cooking
When you eat food from the restaurant you spend a lot of money and time, because you buy the food and drink. If you don't like to cook, sorry, you have to learn and make it. If you want to save money, obviously. Make your snacks from your studyhome, like fruits, healthy sandwiches, sweets. You can organize your time and make some food the night before the classes. When you cook you can have some benefits like therapy to relieve all the problems and stress from your studies. When you are making food you concentrate on the process to make. Then you will forget other things and then relieve your stress. Then take the weekend or your day off and go to the supermarket to buy healthy food to prepare. Avoid that snacks that are bad for your health. Like Potato chips, chips, cereal bars, Smoothies. They can make you feel bad.
4. Part-time job
Remember about the bike? Then you can take it to get a part-time delivery job. Or got to your job by bike. When you are working you can earn more money and save. Inside the University you have a lot of options to work. If you get a job at the University you can improve your knowledge and make some contacts that can help you in the future. If you are interested look for it on the University website. There you can find a way to apply for a job at the university.
5. Don’t forget your budget
When you are a student you can’t do what you want. You have more spends on the houses and the food because you aren’t in your parents’ house. Everything is in your hands. Then take your notebook and put it on all the spends. Separate in blocks what you have and what you spend. Remember your parents doing the calculations. Yes, you have to do the same. Or you are a modern student use the technology with you. Make a list on a spreadsheet and there you can make the total faster than you can think.
6. Help!
If you need help to organize your finances you can get help from the UNiversity, they have a department to help the students with finances or give some advice about save and earn it. You can read several articles about it or accesses the department to get help.
7. Discount
You can ask for a discount on your fees from the university - You can take a discount if you already study at the University or if you are a staff or if you are a family member of the staff. Then you can get a discount. But don’t forget if you take a discount you can’t apply for bursaries. We know that student houses in Southampton can be hard for to you pay for. If you have some discount, it’s pretty much better, isn’t it?
8. Bursaries
In Southampton, you can apply for scholarships or bursaries. You can receive from the university or government an amount of money to pay your Costs and your studyhomes in the university. They are not repayable. You can get a scholarship until the third year. There are bursaries from 500 pounds to 1000 pounds. But you have some rules to get the Bursaries. like your household, full-time course, and others. You don’t need to ask for Bousaries, When you apply for the finances they can see your information and tell you if you are eligible. But you have to know when you are eligible for both Bousaries and Discount you have to choose only one because you can’t use both of them. If you apply for both you risk to you lose both.
You have a lot of ways to save your money. Take your time before going to the University and make your plan. Go to the Universities’ websites to get complete information about the boundaries, student Southampton accommodation, and finances. Don’t forget to study and make good grades. You have more chances to save money.
