Student Advice Service - Money Matters

Money Week blog of the day – budget today to save for tomorrow

You may have seen our recent blog post on app-based banking and saving apps and using AI to help you save money (yes really). Today’s blog post goes ‘back to the old school’ …… Try a cash diet No, not actually eating pound coins, which would be expensive, foolish and highly dangerous. Living on a ‘cash diet’ basically…

Money Week blog of the day – how to save on everyday spending by downshifting

What is downshifting? Downshifting is all about dropping a brand type at the supermarket when we go shopping by not falling for the glossy labels, layers of packaging and highly polished, perfectly symmetrical fruit and veg. Is there a science to the way we shop? Yes! We’re all familiar with the end of the aisle goods on offer in supermarkets,…

Money Week blog of the day – how banks can work for you

Making banks work for you – the techie way In our smartphone and tablet-driven world it’s no surprise that banking is changing dramatically, with the rise of banking and savings apps. These can actually prove useful in helping you ‘take back control’ of your finances, as they have cunning ways of helping you identify your…

Welcome to Money Week 2019. Find out more about our activities this week

The Student Advice Service is once again delivering a Student Money Week campaign and we want YOU to get involved If you were studying here last year, you might be familiar with our pop up information stands and online advice, competitions etc. If this is your first year of studying here, then this is your chance…

How to Crowdfund your big ideas at University of Brighton

What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is an innovative concept where funds are raised from a crowd towards a common cause or project. Over the past 5 years, crowdfunding has helped more than 50 UK universities generate over £1.2 million in funding for student-focused projects. Springboard is the University of Brighton’s very own crowdfunding platform to help students raise money for independent projects,…

Make a note in the diary – National Student Money Week is happening next week

The Student Advice Service is taking part in National Student Money Week next week (11th – 15th Feb) But what does that actually mean for students? What is National Student Money Week? It is a national week-long campaign which many universities get involved with to get students talking and thinking about all things money, from checking…

Have you heard about Credit Unions?

Are you looking to open a new savings account or you want to find out more about alternatives to the high street banks? A Credit Union could be the place for you. These are community based saving and lending schemes which are a bit like a bank, but with fewer facilities. Some offer current account…

Big Energy Saving Week midweek update

The Student Advisers are talking to students (and staff) this week about saving on bills, switching provider and energy tariffs Water seems to be the hot topic of the week so far Most of get our water supply from Southern Water, but there is a significant difference in your payment arrangements. For those on a meter things are pretty straightforward…

Big Energy Saving Week is here. Lets get started

Not able to knock up a wind turbine in the back garden to save on your bills? No problem. The Student Advice Service is here with some step by step ‘how to’ ideas to save on your bills and energy saving suggestions. Throughout this week we’re supporting the Citizens Advice national campaign Big Energy Saving Week on campus and…

Welcome to Big Energy Saving Week 2019

Throughout next week (21st – 25th January) the Student Advice Service is supporting Big Energy Saving Week. This is a campaign run by Citizens Advice which aims to raise public awareness on saving money on your bills getting the best price for your energy and helping to empower people to switch utility provider. For students living in the private rented sector,…