Top tips for students on how to manage their money
SIXTH Form students in Hinckley were given tips on how to manage their money when they go on to work or further education.
Pupils at Hinckley Academy’s John Cleveland Sixth Form Centre learnt about budgeting and flat sharing during two days of money lessons, sponsored by Hinckley and Rugby Building Society.
Financial education group WizeUp ran the sessions, working with 120 students and 30 parents.
The Manage your Money workshop covered budgeting, flat sharing, credit cards and credit ratings.
A lesson for parents looked at student finance and a World of Work session took on saving, investing, tax and National Insurance.
This is the seventh year Ed Flack from WizeUp has worked with Year 12s at the college, with the support of the building soci- ety.
Michael Betteridge, Sixth Form adviser at the college, said: “The WizeUp sessions have been an integral part of the John Cleveland Sixth Form Futures Conference for a number of years now.
“Ed’s invaluable input gives our students vital information that will carry them through not only university, apprenticeships and employment but throughout the rest of their lives.
“For many students it is the first time they have had to face the realities of adult life.”
Ed Flack said: “We had a really successful couple of days with both the students and parents of JC6.
“We covered separate sessions for those students looking to go onto university and those moving directly into the workplace.
“Lots of questions were asked and the students stayed really engaged.”