The financial support from the
university is amazing. So I am, I receive

the University bursary, which is great. And because I do sports as well, I receive

additional funding from my college. They
also offer even more funding if you do

well in your exams, so I've been fortunate
to receive those free streams of funding

during my time here. When it comes to
managing money the, the University

itself has helped a lot. There's
something called the Crankstart

scholarship, which is for students who
have certain household eligibility

requirements, and if you can meet those
then you get a certain amount of

non-refundable money in the sense that
you don't have to pay it back and you

can use that for expenses, whether that's
living expenses, rent, food, going out. And

it's, I would say, a significant amount,
and it's really

helpful. If you are struggling
financially, there are lots of pots of

money available so you have things like
book grants, there are vacation study

grants, which allow you to stay in
College over the holidays if you need to

do like an assessment, or in my case like
revision for final exams. As well as that

we also have the general student support
fund, so if you are struggling

financially for any reason, then they'll
review your finances and they'll try and

give you some additional money to help
you along throughout the academic year.

It's just a matter of speaking to
College, or the University, if, if

you need it and it is there. In my first
year, I didn't have a laptop but I

emailed my college and they actually
helped me pay for a laptop for myself, so

that wasn't an expense that I then had
to also think of when I was coming to

uni. So there are different things to
help you out. What makes it easier here

in Oxford is the fact that your bills,
your battels, which you get at the first

week of term, kind of come a few days
after your student finance loan comes

through. So that makes it quite easy, in a
sense, that your biggest payments, you

kind of pay off first and foremost, and
then after that it's just a case of

budgeting and kind of looking to the
rest of term, what I've got coming up,

whether it's ACS events that I need to
pay for or new shoes that I want or a

formal hall that I'm going to need a new
dress for. So, I think having 8 week terms

makes it quite handy to plan, because
once you've paid for your battels in

first week it's just the case of trying
to figure out where your major expenses

are going to come from. And what's
important to you, essentially, when it

comes to what you want to spend your
money on. For things like food and stuff

like that, I'm going to hall. Some halls
are pretty cheap, so you can get a full

meal for a good price and there are food
trucks around Oxford as well. When it

comes to textbooks, I don't have to buy
any textbooks, so I just get that from

the libraries and things like that, so
that's not an expense I have to think

about myself. Pens and notebooks and
stuff can also be asked for, if you need

them. You know, if you are struggling
anyway, you can reach out.