Student Life Centre

Budgeting

The Student Life Centre offers a variety of budgeting services, from 1:1 budget planning, an interactive budget planner(designed to specifically to help Sussex students) to money-related events throughout the year.

The  Student Life Centre Budget Planner is specifically designed to help Students at Sussex (or for Students who plan to come to Sussex) manage their money more effectively.

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Under each section you will find a tab 'Help me with this' - these enable you to personalise the planner to reflect your situation.  For instance under 'Expenditure' you can select a specific room type on campus, such as 'Park House'  'Single room' and it will automatically fill in the amount you pay per week.

If you need any assistance filling this in, or want any help budgeting or managing your money, Katy Viflic, Student Money Coordinator will be happy to see you in a 1:1 budgeting session, which you can book through Sussex Direct.

 

 

 

Top Money Tips!

  • Cook more food for dinner the night before and bring it in to Uni as a packed lunch the next day.
  • Fill a water bottle from a cooler or fountain. Buying a bottle of water every day during term-time costs £127.
  • Only take cash with you when shopping or on a night out – that way you won’t spend what you haven’t got.
  • Never go to supermarket hungry! 
  • Buy supermarket value brands – quite often you are only paying extra for the nicer packaging.
  • Make your own takeaways – recipes for stuffed crust pizza at www.topsecretrecipes.com 
  • Buy a 2nd hand bike and travel for free forever more, and get it serviced for free at the Bike Doctor!
  • Book a Budgeting one-to-one – sort out your finances before they get into a mess.

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