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So how much should Louisa and Nick be putting aside for young Jude?
The National Union of Students estimates that the average undergraduate
needs about 23, 000 pounds to finance three years at university. Based on this
figure The Children’s Mutual projects that when Jude is university age (in
2021), the cost will be just over 36, 000 pounds. To get that figure they
suggest his parents start saving 110 pounds per month.
7 Years to go
Even though your child has just started secondary school, your options are
becoming limited. Evelyn Sharp and Rob Day live on the south coast and
have two boys, Ryan, 11, and lee, 12. “I’ve thought about saving for the
boys’ university education,” she says, “but at the moment I don’t have the
money. I changed careers two years ago and I’m studying at night school to
pass accountancy exams. I hope that by the time the boys are 18 my salary
will be high enough to help support them through university – so in a way
my career is my investment.” Part of Evelyn’s plan is the option of
encouraging her sons to study locally and save money by living at home,
because almost 80% of the costs students incur are living expenses (rent,
bills, food, travel, laundry, leisure). If you consider only course fees, books
and equipment, you would need to save 57 pounds a month to fund a degree
by 2010.
5 Years to go
If your child is 13 and you haven’t begun to save, there’s no time to waste.
But you should think creatively about how you’ll send your son or daughter to
university. Lorraine Billings has a 13-year-old son. “Robert saw a careers
adviser and has now decided to join the Royal Air Force,” says Lorraine. “His
idea is to get the RAF to sponsor him through university, then he’ll fly fighter
jets and after that work in the public sector as a commercial pilot.”
Sponsorship from the armed forces is an option hundreds of students take every
year. The RAF, for example, will sponsor students up to 4,000 pounds per year.
But this involves a minimum service commitment; for the RAF it’s at least four
years. If Robert fancied a vocational subject such as engineering or law, he
could also consider a “sandwich” course. This normally involves a paid, year-
long placement in the industry that you’re studying plus the normal time at
university. You get experience in your chosen field plus a year’s salary.
One year to go
If you haven’t put aside money by now, your teenager will almost certainly need
to get a student loan – by far the best way for him or for her to borrow. Last year
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