The cost of living is rising faster than ever, and tuition fees don’t look like they’re going to get any cheaper. Add to this the average student’s low income and it’s no wonder that so many are worried about finance.

There are a few guides out there that claim to help students with the daunting task of sorting out their finances; some are dull, some are full of bank jargon and the rest just aren’t comprehensive enough.

We’ve noticed the woefully inadequate lack of support for students dealing with finances and so we’ve produced an e-book on student finance – with a twist.

As well as the important stuff on managing overdrafts and finding work, it’ll also help students to plan a gap year, unlock free money (legally) and maintain an active social life without breaking the bank.

The e-book is free to download from the site and is available now! Click here to get your copy.

The latest feature on the Beanzine has been launched today - a weekly article on the best money saving tips for students.

The articles will summarise the best of the Beanboard, and feature freebies and deals that all students should know about! The fact that it’s weekly, as opposed to monthly, means that we can shout about the best offers before they expire.

An extract of the article can be read below:

“It’s a myth that you can’t be a fully-fledged student unless you’re struggling for cash. This new series of weekly articles will provide you with handy money-saving tips hauled from far and wide!

New Deals
Entertainment:
Have a cosy night in and order DVDs from £2.99 at HMV. This deal includes titles like ‘The Devil Wears Prada‘ and ‘Donnie Darko‘. With such a wide selection of titles available, and free delivery, it’d be wise to stock up now for birthdays!

Fancy going out instead? Get £1.50 off Vue cinema tickets with this printable voucher, valid until 11th August.

Fashion:
ASOS’s summer sale has been revived along with the sunshine, and loads of great pieces are dropping in price. Go there for cheap-as-chips summer essentials…”

Like what you see? Then read the rest of the article here.

Happy Saving,

Beanteam

studentbeans.com & ladbrokespoker.com have teamed up to bring you

The student poker tournament of the summer!

With only studentbeans.com members playing this could be student poker’s richest poker tournament of the year!

The event is 100% exclusive to studentbeans.com members

The prize pool is now over $3000 and is set to grow this weekend

The tournament takes place this Sunday (22nd June) at 7pm, click here for more information.

Beanzine, the online student magazine from studentbeans.com has just launched.

Content channels based around entertainment, fashion, lifestyle, travel, and jobs are contributed by a national team of talented student writers.

As well as our news, features, opinion and editorial content, Beanzine is the essential guide to student life, a crucial reference guide to everything from music festivals to writing a winning CV.

Interested in working for Beanzine?
Do you want to gain great experience and have your articles published on the UK’s leading student website?

Through exposure on Beanzine, our aim is to help launch careers of aspiring journalists and writers in the media.

If you want to benefit from this great opportunity and be part of the Beanzine team – please send an email to beanzine [at] studentbeans.com, with your CV, and a 400 word article with a title of your choice.

studentbeans.com Beanzine Programme 2008-2009 Following the huge growth in popularity of studentbeans.com, which now makes us the leading student focused website in the UK, we are launching an online magazine - Beanzine.

We are looking to create a national student team of aspiring journalists and writers to contribute to Beanzine, which will be published on studentbeans.com .

We want to offer you a unique opportunity to contribute and develop Beanzine into a leading online resource that informs, engages and entertains students across the UK. With a balanced mix of news and features, content channels will include: entertainment, student life, fashion and travel.

What’s in it for you?

* Gain great experience - have your articles published on the UK’s leading student website - visited by over 200,000 unique visitors every month

* An opportunity to have fun, engage with students across UK, be controversial and get a real head start in your careers

* Get profiled as a contributor on studentbeans.com

* Compete to win ’studentbeans.com media awards’ as voted for by the studentbeans.com userbase

What we’re looking for…

* Feature writers to contribute articles within content channels: entertainment (music, film, clubbing etc) student life, fashion and travel

* People with passion, ambition, and a good eye for detail

* We do not want being part of Beanzine to be a chore, we want you to contribute to areas that you are interested in!

* People who aren’t afraid to take risks and most importantly we want you to be proactive

How to apply…

If you want to benefit from this great opportunity and be part of the Beanzine team - please email your CV, and a 400 word article with a title of your choice based around either: entertainment, student life, fashion or travel to: beanzine@studentbeans.com

The closing date for applications is Friday 7th March 2008

DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS EXCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY!

Feeling bored? Let studentbeans.com come to the rescue. We’ve just released some dastardly hard quizzes for you to pit your wits against. And the best part is you can win some great prizes and if you reach level 2 you get £5!

In the run up to Christmas if you’re stuck for pressie ideas you should check out the bean board for some awesome savings.

We need your help to make studentbeans.com better and win some goodies while you’re at it……click here to take part in our short survey about the site - you should find it quite interesting and it will only take a few minutes - your feedback will also be very much appreciated.

Last week studentbeans.com underwent a number of exciting developments. This included the release of the much anticipated Bean Board - which lets student from across the UK share useful information on local and national deals, discounts and free stuff that fellow students will find useful and valuable. This powerful addition to the studentbeans.com platform will further enable users to stretch their student loan and gain even more from their university experience. It’s very early days yet but it’s great to see the board already getting a healthy number of valuable posts and we look forward to this continuing.

In addition to the bean board, we released a new homepage portal template which enables easier access to the diverse studentbeans.com content - as you will see the local portal now offers a snap shot of local offers, local bean board content a selection of competitions - my personal favourite at the moment is win a skiing holiday in Vald’Isere, and easy access to the studentbeans.com market section, which offers a unique selection of online retailers that will help complement student life. The portal will also house a number of additional features which are yet to be released so watch this space for further updates.

Finally, studentbeans.com has also just released a West End theatre discount website - where you can save up to 50% on West End shows. In only a week you guys have snapped up loads of tickets so I’m glad to see you’re enjoying that. The ticket site is actually also available to non-students so feel free to spread the word to family and friends!

Have a good week!

Welcome to the new studentbeans.com blog!

The bean team has been beavering away over the past few weeks to bring you some great new features on studentbeans.com. Not only have we launched loads of new exclusive offers but now we have introduced the studentbeans.com market and a great competition section.

The market is a unique selection of online retailers that will help complement student life. We have reviewed loads of sites to make sure you’ll get the best deals, discounts and offers from across the web.

If you’re on the look at for a new mobile phone, a present for someone’s birthday, the latest DVDs, the cheapest flights – the studentbeans.com market has it all.

Competition section – we’ve partnered with a number of amazing companies to be able to offer you an awesome selection of competition prizes. Including:

Win a year’s supply of Jelly Belly Beans, win an Apple Powerbook Pro and win the new Peugeot 2007. Click here to see more of our competitions.