Manchester offers significant student savings, study shows

25 2007
Students at Manchester University are paying less for their everyday living than their counterparts in the South, a new report has revealed.

As well as benefiting from better value rent, students in the North pay less for their groceries and drinks, according to the university guide website Push.co.uk.

Working alongside the supermarket Costcutter, the site added up a typical student 'basket of goods', including beer, cigarettes, cheese and a Pot Noodle, with the total cost in the North of the country found to be quite a bit lower than in the South or even the Midlands.

Significantly, however, the website admitted that university life is not just about saving money, with many students preferring to pay that bit extra to rent a flat and study in one of the bigger cities with a vibrant nightlife, such as Manchester.

"Students pick a lot more than a course when they choose a university," said Johnny Rich, the series editor of Push.co.uk.

"They choose a home, a lifestyle - they even choose how much they're going to pay for it." ADNFCR-1219-ID-18330759-ADNFCR

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