{"id":2416,"date":"2015-04-24T13:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T13:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:36:17","slug":"the-perks-of-student-discount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2015\/04\/24\/the-perks-of-student-discount\/","title":{"rendered":"The perks of student discount"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gemma-Jewell\"<\/a>There are many benefits of being a student – the freedom, the social life, the new friends – but there is also one other big benefit and that\u2019s student discount! <\/strong><\/p>\n

When you decide to come to university you may think the financial side of being a student is going to be a struggle. However, many businesses have adapted to give students discount wherever they can!<\/p>\n

When I decided to come to Bournemouth I started looking into student bank accounts. There are many around and I went with Santander as they give you a \u00a31,500 overdraft (a life saver as a student) and also a free 16-25 rail card!<\/a> I’d recommend that all students get a 16-25 rail card; when you’re travelling back and forth from home it\u2019s the biggest help as you get a third off rail journeys.<\/p>\n

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\nI also got a NUS Extra card<\/a>, which allows me to get discounts in loads of shops such as New Look and Miss Selfridge – so I don\u2019t feel so guilty when I decide to buy a new outfit! Other companies have also added their own little perks; McDonalds gives you a free cheeseburger or McFlurry with every meal and Spotify gives students 50% off! There are also websites such as UniDays<\/a> that share exclusive offers for students.<\/p>\n

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\nFinally, I can\u2019t end without mentioning cheap drinks. Any town with a university will have bars and clubs around that will cater for the students and therefore will hold discounted nights. Coming from London, where it\u2019s hard to get a drink for less than \u00a35 I was shocked but happy to see how much change I got at a bar. Bournemouth has a great nightlife so the cheap drinks are definitely a bonus!<\/p>\n

So don\u2019t forget to carry your student card and start enjoying the endless amounts of discounts.<\/p>\n

By Gemma Jewell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are many benefits of being a student – the freedom, the social life, the new friends – but there is also one other big benefit and that\u2019s student discount! When you decide to come to university you may think the financial side of being a student is going to be a struggle. However, many… Read more » about The perks of student discount<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,217,1638],"tags":[877,130,48,254,373,372,135,69,151],"class_list":["post-2416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-archive","category-students-union","category-undergraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-gemma-jewell","tag-nus-card","tag-student-discount","tag-student-finance","tag-students","tag-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13868,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/13868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}