How much was a pint of milk when you were 18? See how much basic living costs have changed since you were a student, with our interactive calculator.
Life is pricey these days, but roughly how much more expensive is it to be a student today in comparison to when you were 18? Use the ‘choose a decade’ tab below to select the era in which you were 18 and then compare some of the key living costs for your son or daughter today. Then, click through to read some essential guides for everything you – and they – need to know about the next big step.
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Fees were paid by Local Education Authorities
(record player)
exist
(free in Scotland)
Top tips for low-cost living
Must-have student gadgets
Student-friendly recipes
The essential student kit list
The student-parent text interpreter
Five ways to keep utility bills down with clever technology
(leaded)
Fees were paid by Local Education Authorities
(record player)
exist
(free in Scotland)
Top tips for low-cost living
Must-have student gadgets
Student-friendly recipes
The essential student kit list
The student-parent text interpreter
Five ways to keep utility bills down with clever technology
Fees were paid by Local Education Authorities
(cassette and
radio player)
(free in Scotland)
Top tips for low-cost living
Must-have student gadgets
Student-friendly recipes
The essential student kit list
The student-parent text interpreter
Five ways to keep utility bills down with clever technology
Per year in England, Northern Ireland and Wales (from 1998)
(CD discman,
stereo)
(free in Scotland)
Top tips for low-cost living
Must-have student gadgets
Student-friendly recipes
The essential student kit list
The student-parent text interpreter
Five ways to keep utility bills down with clever technology
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