No More Beans: The Student Money Podcast

Whether you’re willing to admit it or not, everyone’s nervous about starting uni. To help you make the most of it, we decided to get in the recording studio (spoiler: it’s just our office) and share our top tips for freshers’ week. We start by discussing our own freshers’ week experiences (translation: here’s what went wrong for us). We say it a few times during the podcast, but it’s worth repeating once more - freshers’ week doesn’t have to be the insane seven-day party that everyone makes it out to be! Nonetheless, it’s worth taking some steps to help make your freshers’ week into the amazing experience that you deserve. We run through our top 10 tips for surviving freshers’ week and then take a listen to what you - yes, YOU - said you wish you’d known before starting uni. From getting romantically involved with flatmates to the price of dairy products, you really covered all the bases! Probably the scariest thing about starting uni is making friends, and no freshers’ podcast would be complete without so

Nights out are one of the biggest student loan killers, so to end the first series of No More Beans we thought we’d discuss how you can still be a baller on a budget. From pricey end of term balls to messy nights out, we tackle some of the biggest expenses you face as a student, and share our tried and tested methods for saving cash. We reveal why a pasty pitstop is the night out lifesaver you never knew you needed, and how you can get cheaper entry into clubs. We then try our hand at making some interesting budget cocktails. Ever tried a Jammie Dodger shot before? You probably won’t want to after listening to this. Plus, we rustle up a Cheeky Vimto and Fluffy Duck to get the party going. Things take a bit of a weird turn when we give drinking game app Picolo a go. Was Jess bitten by a tortoise? Which Justin Bieber song is Jake a secret fan of? All this plus more will be revealed when we give it a whirl. In our final Money Confessions of the series, we reveal our most expensive nights out. If you’ve ever w

Travelling is what a lot of us live for, but we all know how frustratingly expensive it can be. So this week we’ve dedicated a whole show to saving money on holidays - whether it’s the flights, accommodation or activities, this episode is full to the brim with top tips that you’ll want to make a note of. We’re joined by the wonderful Chelsea Dickenson (also known as Chelsea Travel), who recently completed a challenge where she went on 10 ( yes, 10!) holidays in a year for half of the average Brit’s holiday spend. She jetted off to Dubai, Miami, Denmark, Spain and more for just £1,700! What’s her secret? Well it turns out there’s lots of them, and they’re all in this week’s show. Chelsea lets us in on the best methods for finding cheap flights and accommodation - from apps, Facebook groups and pet sitting sites. Tune in to find out how she managed to get two week’s free accommodation in Paris, and a stay in an Emmy-award winner’s multi-million pound apartment in Miami. To say we’re jealous is an understatem

We’re always banging on about how the maintenance loan isn’t enough to live on, and as such, well over half of you are forced to look beyond your student loan and your parents for funding. But what are the best ways to make money, and what can you do if a conventional part-time job isn’t a viable option? Fortunately we tackle all this, and more, in episode four of No More Beans. We kick things off by discussing some of the weirdest ways in which students have made money - and when we say weird, we mean WEIRD. It turns out that you guys have been getting pretty creative when it comes to finding a side hustle! The best of the bunch, by far, was this week’s listener submission - it’s worth listening just to hear the bizarre (and, frankly, disgusting) way in which he made money… As for ‘normal’ jobs, where are the best places to look for them? Most companies offer their employees some kind of benefits on top of their salaries, so why not try applying to work somewhere that’ll repay you with more than just cash?

It’s one of the hardest parts of uni life - those long days in the library revising for an upcoming exam or frantically trying to meet the next deadline. This week Jess and Tom will be giving you some top tips and a dose of inspiration to help you get through the tough times. To start the show we’re sharing the best inspirational quotes - by which we mean the cringiest ones that don’t make any sense (because they’re way funnier). Then we’ll be chatting to Rachel, a Law student who runs a studygram - she’ll be telling us how you can actually make money from instagramming your revision notes. We’ll also be sharing your top revision hacks and sharing a couple of our own as well - including a sneaky hack to keep you off your mobile phone that could even make you money. Finally we’ll be revealing our revision break guilty pleasures - where all our money goes on the run up to exams. You can access the show notes and useful links here: www.savethestudent.org/podcast Don’t forget, you can share your own stories a

In episode two of No More Beans, the brand new podcast from Save the Student, Jess and Tom are talking all about shopping - and, more specifically, how to save money on it. We start by hearing about some of your worst impulse buys, before Tom and Jess reveal some of their own. It’s fair to say that the phrase ‘from the sublime to the ridiculous’ has never been more applicable than in this section. You’ll have to listen to the pod to hear them for yourself, but rest assured - if you’ve ever bought something bizarre or unnecessary in a moment of madness, you are not alone. Next up, we took a look at the results of our National Student Money Survey to see what students are actually spending their money on. Rent was, unsurprisingly, top of the pops, but how much are you spending on everything else? Finally, we did what we do best: give some simple, effective, money saving advice. We asked you what you spend the most money on at uni, and you overwhelmingly responded: FOOD. Nobody’s better at saving money on sh

In episode one of a brand new podcast from Save the Student, editors and recent grads Jess and Tom share their horror stories on the perils of student housing. First up we’ll be looking at the results of our recent Student Accommodation survey - we asked over 2,000 of you to share your worst experiences of university living, and the results are pretty shocking. Jess and ‘Travelodge Tom’ will be sharing their own experiences (featuring KitKat-eating mice and German cockroaches), before we solve one of our listeners’ problems - this week all about how to save money on bills. We called in our resident Money Expert, Jake Butler, to get the job done - his top five tips on cutting back bills could save you hundreds a year. Finally, in this week’s money confessions Jess and Tom will be revealing the most unnecessary things they bought for university. How many were on your packing list? You can access the show notes and useful links here: https://www.savethestudent.org/podcast Don’t forget, you can share your o

This is the teaser trailer for an exciting new podcast all about students and money. No More Beans shares funny, real-life experiences with a few helpful tips along the way. In this teaser Jess and Tom, both recent grads and editors at the student money website www.savethestudent.org, share an exclusive sneak peek of the new series. They’ll be revealing what you can expect in future episodes, as well as sharing a few of our favourite clips from recording so far. No More Beans is an exciting new production that will discuss what it's like to be a student at university in the UK and how to deal with money issues. There'll be plenty of funny stories, tips, tricks and special guests along the way, so make sure to subscribe now to be the first to listen to episode one. More info, show notes and episodes here: https://www.savethestudent.org/podcast