This is to exclude accom as that is fixed. There is all bills incl accom which also covers internet but wanted some help identifying what else we need to budget for and a rough figure. Its Elephant and Castle and we are hoping that she will get into relatively local halls so can walk to Uni itself.
She gets full tuition and partial other funding so we are aware we have to meet the shortfall. At the moment before other costs just to pay accom its around 400 a month
So what we have to date is:
Phone - I already cover this at a low rate as an addition to my contract and happy to continue
Travel - not sure what she will need but does have a rail card for home journeys so we are looking more at day to day travel costs in London where she can walk to uni so it will be for socialising, weekend or eve events and also possibly work eve and weekends if she doesn't get a job at the uni.
Food is £25 enough pw
Toiletries ?? Do you allow for this
Socialising ?? Do you allow some for this??
She very much will be expected to get a job and knows this and she is sorting some mixed experience cafe and bar work to make sure she has some experience to put down - any recommends for good earning jobs? Not keen on her working late nights etc.
Text books and stationery - no idea what to allow for this or event what the course texts are likely to be or cost - is there somewhere to find out?
Clothes & Shoes etc ??
I suspect because of the nature of her course she may need to fund a website with a decent amount of storage (think media) so any recommends for this from those with experience wld be good.
As you can see my head is buzzing with all this