My son is at Oxford and we pay full maintenance - but the terms are super short - eight weeks - this year he will spend 26/52 weeks at university. His rent is affordable (7600 per annum) and food is subsidized in college. He says that most people give their children money in the holidays as well (this current holiday is six weeks). We are in London so I will give him money for bus and tube transport as it is exorbitant (he spent 12 pounds today alone) and he lives with us and I provide food etc. What do other parents do?