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Original poster

1st year university - how much do your DC have to live on?

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presentcontinuous · 25/09/2018 12:37

How much do they have from loans & parental contributions?

And how much are their hall fees?

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presentcontinuous · 25/09/2018 13:51

That's really helpful thanks

DD's hall fees are just over 4k and she has the minimum loan, which leaves her with about £100 pw after hall fees and other expenses, which sounds about right then.

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OlderThanAverageforMN · 25/09/2018 13:51

Minimum maintenance loan just about covered accommodation, and we gave DD £500 per month to live on. We did have a couple of emergency top ups during her 3 years for extraordinary expenses. Also Oxford, so couldn't work in term time.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 25/09/2018 13:45

Hall fees about 4.3k. We are paying those from savings we created specifically for this. Then she gets a little over the minimum loan which will be what she needs for living on. She's not allowed to get a job in term time (oxbridge) but has a small part time holiday job which she has saved up some reasonable savings.

RoobyMyrtle · 25/09/2018 13:10

We've worked it out so they have £75 a week after their accommodation costs. This has to pay bills, food, transport etc. It comes from a combination of loan & parental contribution.

UrsulaPandress · 25/09/2018 13:05

We pay her accommodation fees (£6400) and the plan is for her to live off her minimum maintenance loan. Term time only would give her £111 per week.

But - I have paid her gym membership, continue to pay her extortionate mobile phone bill but take the money out of the savings I have accrued for her, and she has probably had £150 since going last Saturday as her loan only came through yesterday. Oh and I have bought her the only book she has needed so far.

She has a 'job' working for the events people so has been giving out wristbands for a fresher's event which netted her £20, plus she gets free entry and also gets her mates in so they buy her drinks as a thank you.

shapeshifter88 · 25/09/2018 12:55

ive given £200pcm plus whatever they earn themselves in a part time job which is about 80 a week.
the rest comes from the loan.

LIZS · 25/09/2018 12:51

We pay ds accommodation costs and he lives off his minimum maintenance loan.

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presentcontinuous · 25/09/2018 12:49

Wow, those hall fees are massive! How does he pay them?

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Wonderwine · 25/09/2018 12:45

Hall fees are about £7000 (expensive!) and we're giving DS about £100 week to live on during term time. In holidays he will have to get job or work for DH Grin.