http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/student-finance-why-the-money-matters-1773357.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/student-finance-why-the-money-matters-1773357.html <p> When I started university, one of my fellow freshers spent hundreds of pounds in our first week on campus. </p> Finances Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/student-finance-budgeting-clinic-1773356.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/student-finance-budgeting-clinic-1773356.html <p> <b>The medic</b> </p> <p> <i>Andrew King, 23, is a third-year medicine student at the University of Leicester. </i></p> <p> After changing degree and university from philosophy and politics at Sussex University to medicine at the University of Leicester, I began my new degree over four grand in debt. My tuition fees are paid for and I have a grant too, but I am still dramatically adding to the red every year. And with medicine being a five year degree, this process is only going to continue. </p> Finances Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:01 +0100