Going to university is many people’s first taste of financial freedom, but many of us find it hard to take on that responsibility.

We hear from someone who went ONE PENNY over her agreed student overdraft, and spent the next few years repaying and repairing the damage that student spending did to her credit score. But she’s managed it, she’s learned from it and she shares her killer strategy for keeping her finances on course today.

But we’ve all been there, right? So the Money Medics share their experiences of managing money at university and give tips on to manage your student finances.

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