Students – make your pocket change stretch further

Us students just don’t have enough cash to get us through the year. We have rent to pay, student bills to manage, VKs to purchase and nowhere near enough student loan to satisfy our ASOS addiction. 

Luckily, there’s tonnes of ways you can help save some money along away. We’ve listed 3 tips we hope will help. 

1. Use Monzo to manage your money

We’ve been big fans of Monzo for a while. Monzo is a great bank card that you can top-up and track your spending. It sends you an update every time you spend and projects how long you can live on the money in your account (not much longer than 3 days). It also doesn’t charge you for using your card abroad or mark up the exchange rate – it’s a yes from us.

You can download monzo from the app store.

2. Use student discounts from The Student Pocket Guide (the free student magazine)

Student Pocket Guide is a student magazine established in 2005, that produces regionally tailored publications each term. Meaning no matter where you study in the UK, there will be discounts to take advantage of allowing you to put your money to best use. 

The magazine is completely free. As well as student discounts and offers, they give readers student tips, advice and exclusive competitions. Covering a range of important student life topics such as accommodation, education and career, finance, health, travel, and entertainment their content not only helps us get by, it entertains on the way. I think that’s what we call ‘win-win’. 

They publish exclusive interviews with artists, celebrities and people who share really compelling stories – their current magazine cover star Juan-Pablo Escobar delves into his relationship with his father (drug-lord Pablo Escobar), crime, corruption, revenge, destruction and addiction to power – you can read the uncut interview right now here. 

“Juan-Pablo Escobar, Explorer Levison Wood and Netflix presenter Raphael Rowe talks to us about spending 12 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, and how he now travels the world as a Netflix presenter going into the world’s toughest prisons.”, Ben Farrin Managing Director of Student Pocket Guide explains. 

“Great content is at the heart of everything we do. We make sure to offer student-specific discounts, tips and advice to help them get the most out of their educational journey and student-life”.

Keep up-to-date with all things Student Pocket Guide related by following them on socials and subscribing to their newsletter to be the first to hear about new issues, competitions and more. 

3. Use discount food apps 

As well as saving the planet, these new discount food apps such as Too Good To Go and Karma help you save some pennies. These guys work with local food joints and some of the big boys like Leon or Yo! Sushi to discount food left over at the end of the day. We waste around 1.8 billion tonnes of food a year, that’s ONE THIRD of food produced (heartbreaking right?). You can help do your bit bit by eating some of that waste at home as well as supplied by some local food guys that might otherwise throw the food away.