Is around £200 a month enough for living at uni?

As the title says. I took away my rent from the maintenance loan to estimate how much I'd have a month to live off and it came to around that much. Do you think that is enough or would I have to get a job there?

No.
Even if rent is not included £50 for everything is not enough. You'll basically be permanently broke, that would be enough for a weekly shop but the realities of life mean from time to time things will pop up, emergencies, travel, socialising, Christmas...

Id work over the holidays and save up. Try to double that.

I feed my family on less than £50 a week - cook from scratch every day - you must have very expensive tastes!

As the title says. I took away my rent from the maintenance loan to estimate how much I'd have a month to live off and it came to around that much. Do you think that is enough or would I have to get a job there?

I feed my family on less than £50 a week - cook from scratch every day - you must have very expensive tastes!

I don't know how you do this (and I fully believe you, by the way). We spend nearly £180 a week in Waitrose, £60 in the butchers and about £50 at the fishmongers weekly. We're not fatties by any means, and although we eat well, it's hardly lobster thermidor every night. How do you manage to be so frugal?!

I don't know how you do this (and I fully believe you, by the way). We spend nearly £180 a week in Waitrose, £60 in the butchers and about £50 at the fishmongers weekly. We're not fatties by any means, and although we eat well, it's hardly lobster thermidor every night. How do you manage to be so frugal?!

It will be enough for the weekly shop & almost nothing else. Realistically £50/week is a very poor quality of life and not enough, when you factor in everything that crops up in life.

What for one person? If all bills are paid it is plenty for a student ... most problems [e.g. a leaky tap] will be paid for by someone else.

I don't know how you do this (and I fully believe you, by the way). We spend nearly £180 a week in Waitrose, £60 in the butchers and about £50 at the fishmongers weekly. We're not fatties by any means, and although we eat well, it's hardly lobster thermidor every night. How do you manage to be so frugal?!

Waitrose might be the problem here. You would save a lot by going to asda/aldi/lidl.

That’s not plenty. They won’t be able to join a gym, probably going to struggle with which societies they can join, no travel, literally never having a take away, probably can’t even afford a round of beers. Even going to get a haircut is going to put pressure on the wallet. Never be able to afford a birthday or holiday.

it’s basically just survival. If any emergency occurred they’re screwed. £50 a week is not enough imo.

If bills / internet / utilities / buses are included in that then I think it is certainly do-able. Don't expect to be buying a load of luxuries or being able to put much into savings, but I don't think you'd be eating ramen for every meal either or going without necessities and the odd night out. Realistically I think somewhere between 20-30 a week is a comfortable food budget, can probably bring that down to a little less if you're thrifty. Transport will depend on area, so factor that in too if you'll need it.

Don't know if you've factored this in but are you intending the money to last all year or just for the uni year? You may be able to reduce expenditures drastically if you are able to live at home over summer, freeing up more money for uni.