Dollars and Sense: Managing Money

Life as a student is an exciting time but is not without its share of challenges, such as managing your money.

Financial advice

The aim of this guide is to encourage you to think about the financial issues you will face while studying and to develop strategies for managing your money. We encourage you to print the Dollars & Sense material that is of use to you, just copy and paste into Word or Notepad.

You can pick up a copy of all the tips, case studies and information from Student Support Services.

» Budgeting: Where does all my money go?
» Living Expenses: Tips for managing money
» Case Studies: How do other students manage?

We wish to acknowledge and thank the following sources for allowing the use of their material in this guide:

• Division of Student Life, Deakin University 
• Student Services, Division of Staff & Student Services, Central Queensland University 
• Financial Aid, Student Services, University of Melbourne 
• Teaching & Learning Development, James Cook University 
• Student Services, Charles Sturt University 
• Student Services, University of Western Australia 
• Student Services, Swinburne University of Technology 
• Credit Line, Wesley Health and Counselling Services 
• NSW Office of Fair Trading 
• Australian Competition & Consumer Commission 
• Andrea Thompson, author of UWS Hawkesbury ‘Money Matters’

All information and costs were correct at February 2006.

Related Links

• Budgeting
• Financial aid