The first budget of any new government is bound to attract wide attention from all communities, and the 2020 budget was no exception. Despite a murky economic canvas emerging from the coronavirus challenge, Rishi Sunak […]
The Gryphon’s Guide to Being a Shop-Savvy Student
If you’re paying full price then you’re doing something wrong. These days you would be hard pressed to find a company which doesn’t price discriminate. If businesses can split a market up into groups that […]
Tracey Crouch, Sports Minister, resigns over Fixed Betting
Image Credit: [Daily Mail] Tracey Crouch, MP for Chatham and Aylesford and Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness, has resigned as a result of delays in cutting maximum stakes on fixed betting machines. The […]
Budget 2018: What Does it Mean for Students?
This week has seen the beginning of sub-zero temperatures, ice-covered streets and Arctic winds battering Leeds students. If that wasn’t chilly enough, the government have revealed their budget for the year, mapping out how they […]
How to do a Year Abroad on a Budget
Olivia Woollam is a 21-year-old University of Leeds Journalism Student who recently returned home from her year abroad at the University of Queensland, in Australia. We interviewed Olivia to find out all about her time […]
Budget Breakdown: What’s in it For Us?
This week saw Chancellor Philip Hammond’s hotly-anticipated budget announcements, in a speech including uncomfortable jokes about cough sweets and Top Gear. The main focus of the budget revolved around housing, duties and transport. For example, white […]
Will the New Budget Solve Our Debt Problems?
Last week, news broke that the Chancellor was looking at ways to fill a black hole of nearly £20bn in the public finances before the budget later this month. Recent analysis shows that the deficit […]
Should We Really Be Scared of Student Debt?
Following a report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies earlier this year, it was revealed that over 70% of students who left University in 2016 are expected never to repay their student loans in full. […]
Businesses you can (dis)count on as a fresher
…because the more you save the more you can rave 😉 You spent £30 too much on VK’s last night, never mind what you spent on taxis and entry. You’d really like a huge pizza […]
Spend a penny, save a pound! – A guide to food shopping for freshers.
Whilst Freshers’ week can cost you a pretty penny purchasing tickets for the best events in town, it’s also a good time to start saving and becoming a little savvy when spending your student loan…Here […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Upcycle your way to a fashion forward, budget boosting New Year
It can be tough being a fabulous fashionista. We are constantly invited by wonderful window displays to spend money we don’t have on funky fabrics and glitzy garments. How can we possibly keep up with […]
Campus Watch: A new £115 million diabetes research centre will be opened at Oxford University
A new diabetes research centre is to be opened at Oxford University by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. The company’s £115m investment and their promise of 10 years of continued funding comes in spite of […]