Links: Money
All About Students
www.allaboutstudents.co.uk
A portal for comparing prices on travel, insurance, finding work and loans. Great for students and graduates.
Education Grants Advisory Service (EGAS)
www.egas-online.org
Guidance and advice on funding for those in further and higher education.
Experian
www.experian.com
The credit reference agency – the place to start trying to get information if you find yourself being refused credit.
National Association of Student Money Advisers
www.nasma.org.uk
No actual advice on this site – it's an organisation for the advisers rather than the students themselves – but it does have a directory of approved advisers.
National Debtline
www.nationaldebtline.co.uk
Free debt advice (not exclusively for students).
Scholarship Search UK (SSUK)
www.scholarship-search.org.uk
Part of the Hotcourses website, featuring money advice, a database of funding and scholarship opportunities and tools like budget planner and wage predictor.
Student Cash Point
www.studentcashpoint.co.uk
A very in-depth and snazzy source for student funding info. Everything from student grants, loans, scholarships, bursaries, awards and anything else in between.
Student Loans Company Ltd
www.slc.co.uk
Runs the student loans scheme.
Student Tax Service
www.studenttaxservices.org.uk
Free and impartial tax advice specifically for students. If you're doing any type of work in the run up to, or during, uni then it's definitely worth a look.
The Windsor Fellowship
www.windsor-fellowship.org
Sponsorships, community work, summer placements and a range of undergrad development programmes, primarily for gifted Black and Asian students.
Last updated on: 04 March 2010