National Money Events

National Student Money Week

Come and speak to the funding team about the best ways to save and earn some extra cash while you study. There’s also a chance to win prizes and pick up some great money saving tips and tricks.

The annual campaign helps to bring free money advice to students across the UK and each year, providing tools, tips and signposting to advice and guidance to help you manage your money more effectively while studying and beyond.

Blackbullion campaigns

We support a variety of Blackbullion’s campaigns throughout the year, to help increase students’ financial awareness and wellbeing.

This year for National Student Money Week Blackbullion are offering students a chance to win ONE MONTHS RENT! By using the Snapshot tool on Blackbullion’s website you can generate a snapshot of your financial situation and automatically be entered into a prize draw. Three winners will be selected, and each will get one month's rent to help with the rising cost of living.

Spending Snapshot can enable you to understand your financial condition. The prize draw runs from Monday 27 February to Friday 10 March. Please be aware that in order to enter the draw, you must be registered with Blackbullion. Further information is available on the Blackbullion website.

• Find out more about Blackbullion's next campaign.

Talk Money Week

Talk Money Week is another national campaign that takes place each year in November, led by the Money and Pensions Service.

Each year we encourage you to talk about money and get you thinking about ways that you can manage it more effectively, save better and spread the costs in your daily life to make the topic of money as stress free as possible.

Other support

Here at Essex we offer plenty of money advice, guidance and support that you can access at any time with the help from our support teams across the University.

Money during and after your studies

Check out our webpages and top tips to help you manage your money throughout your studies and beyond.

• Budgeting and working while studying
• Cost of living
• Claiming benefits
• Council Tax
• Managing debt
• Giving money to charity
• Your finances after University
• Listen to the Managing your Money at University podcast 2021

Wellbeing

Everyone has mental health – sometimes good, sometimes not so good and when it comes to finances, they can cause some real anxieties and worries.

If you're experiencing distressing thoughts and feelings, there is help available at the University, take a look at the support you can access.

Careers

Check out the Careers Services Blog which covers the world of online recruitment and how we can no longer rely on CVs alone.

Also join Steve and Caroline on Episode 7 of the Careers Services Podcast where they discuss the benefits of getting part-time work. Yes, money is one of them! However there are more that might not be immediately obvious.

Financial support

To help students who have been financially impacted by COVID-19, we’ve put together some helpful information about financial guidance during COVID-19. You can also check the other financial support available from UoE and external partners. If you have any queries, please contact us.

External agencies support

External agencies also share useful resources that may help with your financial planning whilst at university. It is worth giving these a read throughout the week:

• UCAS detail ten things you need to know about saving money whilst at university – from managing an overdraft, making the most of student deals to checking if you’re covered by your parents’ home insurance - these savvy tips will help you save money if you are living away from home.
• Save the Student share a comprehensive list of 83 practical ways to save money as a student, showing how easy it is to get discounts and freebies when you know where to look.
• The Money Saving Expert is always a good website to check for all your finance needs. This article gives advice on how to financially prepare before you go to university.
• Read the new edition of Student Money Matters magazine with lots of tips to help you stay finance savvy.