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Living Expenses Budget tips Examples Living Expenses How much you should budget for your living and day-to-day expenses while you are studying will vary according to your personal needs and wants. A total of around ￡245 per week is considered to be a reasonable average for about a 37-week year which includes the 30-week UCL academic year plus Christmas and Easter vacations .As a guide, for a first-year student living in a UCL Hall of Residence the cost per week of the main items will be around: ￡110 for accommodation ￡50 for housekeeping food, toiletries etc ￡50 for entertainment ￡10 for travel ￡10 for books/equipment ￡5 for insurance/TV licence ￡10 for clothes. Students on some programmes will incur some additional costs. For example, Architecture students will need funds to cover drawing equipment and materials, and field trips. Fine Art students can expect to spend up to ￡25 a week on artists’ materials. If the issue of possible additional costs concerns you, please do not hesitate to contact the department in which you are interested for more details.Students travelling from outside the UK, who may have limits on what they can bring with them, should also allow for some additional costs on arrival. Budget tips Food While eating at the many food outlets on campus and in the Students Union is a cheap and varied option there are also many small inexpensive restaurants in the vicinity of UCL and Halls of Residence offering special deals, particularly at lunchtime. For those who want to cook for themselves there are nearby branches of the major supermarkets. Travel As a student in London, you can benefit from the Transport for London/National Rail Student Oyster photocard scheme. This offers 30% off all adult travelcards and bus passes valid for more than a week. See .uk/tickets/14312.aspx Books You wont need to buy all the books on your reading list. UCLs libraries hold around two million books and the nearby University of London Library a further