Getting a car sounds great, but what does it actually involve and is it worth the money?

Our finance expert Gwenda Thomas solves some student dilemmas

Veteran cost-cutting graduate Lucy Tobin seeks out the ultimate bargains to help you reduce your food bills

It’s important to be organised in all parts of your student life – and money is just the start

Even the best budgets can fall apart in the first days of university, Andy Sharman finds out how to stop the rot

Financing your student career needn’t be scary. With so many tempting interest rates for students, it pays to shop around, says Amy McLellan

Huge bursary budgets are left unclaimed every year by disadvantaged students, do your homework to make sure you don’t miss out

Loans and bursaries will provide you with much-needed finance, but it’s how you organise your spending that makes all the difference, says Chris Green

10 tips on how to make friends and your money last during your first week at uni

Being skint at university is all part of the student image. It’s bohemian, it’s smelly, it’s grimy and it’s cool. It’s not hard to come across groups of students competing on who’s got the lowest bank balance.

Bargains await students in the North-east and Wales

The financial packages available to students seem to be forever changing, but there is still a number of useful options that could make all the difference. Gwenda Thomas gives her advice on grants, loans and bursaries

Almost half of all university students will be juggling their studies with part-time work when the new term begins, research suggests. Four in 10 will have to pay their way through university because it would be simply too expensive without the additional income.

A report by the BBC at the weekend pointed out that some graduates may be paying back too much on their student loans - are you one of them?

Debt is an inevitable part of student life but, with a little know-how, there are ways to manage it