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There are lots of reasons to go to university. It’s a time to experience life away from home, to expand your horizons and meet new people, as well as to gain extra education. But the reason at the end of all that is to access the graduate jobs market. Given the debts that are now associated with three or more years at university, that reality will be uppermost in the minds of many matriculating or graduating this year. But going directly into a job isn’t the only way to progress after uni. A graduate scheme is another option, as is an internship. (In fact, internships are available while you are at uni, in the holidays, sometimes for stretches of up to three months in the summer or for a few weeks at other times. These can be a great way to see life in the workplace and get to know a particular company. With such a hard jobs market, you would be right to take any opportunity you can get along those lines.)

Research out recently suggested that the average student could soon be racking up debts of around £50,000 over the course of a three year degree. That figure is disputed, with others thinking it will be nearer £40,000, but either way, that’s a lot of money to have to pay back when you leave. However, this is a different kind of debt to other loans like a mortgage. The tuition component is extremely low interest, and only has to be repaid after you pass a particular threshold of earnings. You also have to remember that the average graduate will earn an additional £100,000-plus over the course of their working lifetime, above and beyond the debt their student days involved.

Nevertheless, £40-50,000 is a massive amount of money – more if you are thinking about a longer degree, such as for engineering, which usually involves a ‘sandwich’ year in industry. With that in mind, you should do everything you can to prepare you for getting graduate jobs. A graduate scheme will introduce you to a company and introduce you into their organisation, but these are currently in short supply. Another idea is an internship (after uni, this time). These are often low-paid or expenses-only but are a foot in the door in many cases. Whilst you won’t want to be collecting more debts, if the internship leads to a good job at the end of the term, then it will have been worth it.

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Student loans are some of the most reasonable debt out there. They are low cost (in fact, some people have ended up paying next to no interest on them) and they don’t need to be repaid until you are earning above a particular threshold. If you reach a minimum age without hitting that threshold, they may be cancelled completely. The system is currently going through changes, so it’s worth keeping your eye on the ball, but all in all, as debt goes, these loans aren’t bad value. But they are often paid infrequently, if regularly, meaning that you may get to the end of your overdraft a bit too early for the next payment to get you out of trouble. It’s in these circumstances that you need to look around for any alternatives – friends, relatives, credit cards and, if you need to, unsecured loans. These aren’t to be taken on lightly, but a cash advance can get you out of a difficult spot. If that’s going to save you more money (in late-payment fines, for example) than it costs in interest, then it may be a solution worth considering.

No debt is good debt, and it’s best to be fairly strict and structured about your finances in order to avoid accidentally running out of cash. And it’s true that short-term loans can be quite expensive – you can expect to pay around 30 percent over the course of a month, which is far more than you’d pay for a loan from a bank, or on your overdraft, or even on a credit card (the most expensive of which are around 30 to 40 percent per annum). But they are intended to be short-term cash in fairly small amounts – typically between £75 and £750.

Whilst student loans may not be bettered in their terms, sometimes there’s no alternative. If you haven’t planned properly – or have just been thrown a curve-ball by circumstances beyond your control – then a cash advance could get you out of trouble. Unsecured loans are usually expensive and not designed to function in the same way as a student loan; they are for short-term difficulties rather than long periods of time, and the interest rate reflects this (as well as the risk to the lender). However, if there aren’t any good (or cheaper) alternatives, then it makes financial sense to search for one. If that gives you the breathing space to fix your budget and put measures in place so that the same thing doesn’t happen again, then it has served a handy purpose.

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