Increasing a student loan?

I would look into getting an outside part-time job, and keeping/ditching the home office one.

I'm in the identical situation to you and [TW]Fox. I work 13.5 hours a week in a part-time job, and get around 500-550 a month. Covers my insurance/petrol/tax/mot/parking with money leftover to drink/eat/buy a few clothes.
 
Where on earth do you work part time for that many hours to bring in that much cash? :o

I'm on 16 hours a week it's about £400 a month - runs the car, I guess.
 
I've never really seen it as that much money :S

Work at John Lewis, have been in the Partnership for 3.5 Years. I do also work a Sunday (Have kept my 2X Premium Pay) and a full monday. I guess you also have to consider that i live within Greater London.
 
Look at it this way.....if you scrimp now while your a student and get by on the loan you have, you will have less to pay back once your working. I pay off about £80 a month which is taken automatically, and everytime I check my statement it seems like I have barely made a scratch :( The interest is a lot more than I expected.
 
Yeah but i'd rather enjoy my uni life while I can. I mean i'm not under any pressure to pay it off immediately when i'm done right? But I see what you mean that that's probably the sensible option.

I'm not giving up the car, it's way too convienient plus I like driving.

Goatyman I wish I could bring that much in! I work 9 hours a week and get about £50, the work is stupidly easy but boring.
 
Goatyman said:
I've never really seen it as that much money :S

Work at John Lewis, have been in the Partnership for 3.5 Years. I do also work a Sunday (Have kept my 2X Premium Pay) and a full monday. I guess you also have to consider that i live within Greater London.
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for 13.5 hours and getting £500-550 is very good pay

i norm take home about £520 for 16 hours, problem is i kept my job at home (hour train away)

so Friday 2pm, go home ho straight to work, sat work, sat afternoon do uni work from home (limited as dont have the equipment). sunday work, sunday night go back to uni.

So im only at Uni like 4 and a half days, and at first it was fine, in my last year now and im really really struggling to keep up - but i cant afford to quit, and the money is a lot better then anywhere here....

The best part is the degree prob wont be used, not really interested in going in IT now, plus im hoping for a Deputy Supervisor position at work which will put me on 20k a year
 
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