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International/EU Students Budgeting module (How do I want to plan this?…
International/EU Students Budgeting module
What do I want students to learn/consider?
Managing on your maintainance
Planning for disasters
Building an emergency pot
Managing with no living cost funding EU
Both branches are relevant
Working
Leisure & Travel in the UK
Making the most of your time here
Travelling home
Discount sites
Student discounts
Shopping in the UK
Clothing
Groceries
Home items
Uni supplies, books and tech
Telephones
Mobiles
Phoning home
Banking & Money Matters
Why it is important to use a bank
Student bank accounts
Sharia accounts
Fees and overdrafts
Contactless and switch
ATMs - safety
Insurances:
Health & Medical
Travel
Contents
Tech
Uk Currency guide
Finding a home
Living in halls
Managing shared living
What to expect/bring
Homesickness
Dos & donts for renting
Lease lenghts
TV packages
energy and utility bills
TV licences
Self storage
Creating and using a budget: International Student Calculator
How do I want to plan this?
Welcome/landing page
explaining purpose of module and introducing
Step 1: Working out your income
1st section on types of funding covering both EU and Non EU examples DONE
Text/visual with examples of different types of income - see what I can find to illustrate, possibly a canva DONE
Links to our
Funding Your Course/
International Scholarship page DONE
2nd section
Working in the UK
what restrictions are there on students?DONE
what effect might working have on other aspects of your funding? E.g. working whilst under sponsorship DONE
what types of jobs might be available
-guide to how to access these DONE
Text to illustrate restrictions etc, links to relevant sites e.g. UKISA and Guide to National Insurance Number DONE
Text to illustrate areas where working may have an impact to consider e.g. your sponsor may not be happy, balancing family, study and work DONE
Re use Haiku deck and booklet but with a few tweaks to suit audience - DID NOT USE
Step 2: Working out your costs
Initial page detailing why it is important to think about what you need to spend on DONE
Section on planning for emergencies such as change in exchange rate, change in circumstances of your sponsor/donor DONE
Links at bottom of this page for each of the following
Finding a home
Link to www.uws.ac.uk/moneyadvice home section DONE
University accommodation
- What to expect
What you will need to bring/buy
How to manage communal living well
Tackling homesickness DONE
See if can find any you tube guides/student videos for this section. It may also be good to use visuals for illustraton such as a haiku deck or canva or similar
Private Renting
Dos & donts for renting
Utilise Shelter site to
Explain safe ways to find a tennacy and to
explain tennancy types in Scotland and what landlords can/can't do DONE
Lease lenghts - this is relevant in relation to visa and also university holidays etc DONE
TV packages DONE
energy and utility bills DONE
TV licences DONE
Self storage DONE
Again look at what visuals I can find for this such as You Tube video, Powtoon in order to visually illustrate
Telephones Mobiles and Phoning Home:
Also sending money back
Finding a mobile phone contract
-Sending money home
More cost effective ways to phone home
Phones
- I have lots of guides from a range of websources on how to find a good mobile phone contract all aimed at non UK students DONE
More cost effective ways to phone home
. I can use Playbuzz to make something for this DONE
Sending money home
NEW - DONE
Shopping and cost of living in the UK
What to bring to uni:
Covering
Clothing DONE
Tech DONE
Books DONE
and how to get these once here
Again I have a range of web guides aimed at non UK students and I think it will be easy to find videos etc of other students advising what they wish they knew/brought/didn't bring DONE
Groceries:
Covering
differences in produce available
differences in shops here DONE
differneces in cost of living compared to rest of world - have good web tool for this DONE
Good scope for use of quizzr here to test their understanding of how much things cost here. I have also seen another uni site where they put maps to the local shops and I might look at what I can do similar
Step 3: Plan your budget
Use International Student Calculator from UKISA - aimed at non UK, specifically as a planning tool
Has lots of video/case studys from around the world
DONE
Step 4: Now you are here - organising your finances
Uk Currency Guide
Use interactive such as Playbuzz to design an interactive to help students get to grips with the currency, denominations etc
DONE
Opening a UK bank account.
Including text on why it is imortant to actually use a bank as many nationalities shy away from this. DONE
Guidance on different types of account DONE
Choosing an account DONE
Quiz on different banking terms - utilise one of my quiz making sites such as quizzer or Playbuzz DONE
Also including information on
Sharia accounts DONE
Fees and overdrafts DONE
Contactless and switch DONE
ATMs - safety DONE
As well as many guides to this I also have a booklet specially designed by the British Banking Association that I can embed. I will also add in You tube videos on safety, anti fraud etc.
DONE. Did not add videos as hard to come by specific ones suited
Insurance:
Guide to what insurances are valuable to students and best available
Including
Travel for travel in UK and also home DONE
Contents whilst staying in UK DONE
Tech - apparently there is a real issue for International students being robbed DONE
Medical, including details of what min requirements are to come to UK, what is covered and encouraging students to actually use the health service DONE
Prescription charges in England DONE
To make more engaging may use CANVA graphics or the like - DO CANVA FOR BELONGINGS.
NEED SOMETHING FOR TRAVEL...
Leisure and Having Fun:
Encouraging planning and ensuring cost effective
Areas to cover:
Travel in UK DONE
Deal sites such as 5pm, Groupon etc DONE
Cheap leisure options
Student Discounts DONE
Largely a text based page with lots of links to other sites
Step 6: Making it happen
As with other module a section with resources, print outs etc that students may find useful when planning their move