Earning money as a student

Earn in the holidays. Christmas jobs in particular are quite available.

Find cheaper rent, live frugally generally.

Earn by participating in trials. I'd be surprised in a uni had none of this, although if it doesn't do much research it might be very low paying survey type stuff.

If you're getting minimum loan, its because your parents are high earners and the government expects your parents to contribute.

my loan is minimum because my father was very ill for two years so he had a payout from his pension to support the family during that time, but the tax year it was taken from was 2017/18 so that money is long gone and my mother already works two jobs and we're still under the threshold so it is impossible for them to contribute, I should get the higher amount next year I think.

Even Christmas jobs here have all been snapped up as I apply for everyone that comes up.

I never thought about trials and research, I will definitely look into that thank you for your help!

You couldn't submit the 18/19 tax year?

Definitely ensure you get a higher loan next year.

Student overdraft maxed yet? You can use it all this year if you're confident of getting more money next year.

If you get into trouble in the future - say you're having problems with SFE - make sure you inform the uni. They can be quite helpful when it comes to temporary financial hardship.



What about in your parents' area?



I got paid £2100 for a particular vaccine trial. You can get more. The trouble is, they only offer those kinds of trials in Oxford and London really.

You can look into things like flu camp if its convenient... residential so doesn't matter where you live https://flucamp.