Aims and Values

SaveTheStudent.org originated in response to the growing costs of university in the UK. The site provides free, impartial advice to students on how to make their money go further. School doesn’t teach you the real life stuff we write about here.

The aim is to reduce the amount of debt students are expected to graduate with. As the cost of university education continues to grow, and the economy recedes, we believe that an awareness of your (often borrowed) money situation is as important as ever.

We want to foster a resource which is perceived as both trustworthy and useful to both students and graduates. This is in contrast to many other student websites that tend to focus on intensive advertising and profiteering. High quality content is essential to our ethos.

Who are we?

We are a growing team of current university students and graduates from across the UK. The website was founded in 2007 by Owen Burek, then in his first year at Manchester. Upon graduating in 2010, he moved SaveTheStudent.org into the offices of Grip Media in Manchester city centre. Along with a fantastic team, Grip Media is now dedicated to its growth to become the number one resource for students concerned about money.

We’re here to share our student life experiences to get the most out of our time at university without getting into ridiculous and unmanageable amounts of student debt.

Want to know more? Come over and Meet the team.

How it all started

SavetheStudent.org has had several reincarnations since its birth, this is now the fifth version of the website as of November 2011.

The original idea for a student money website was sparked back in October 2007 when Owen (founder) was a first year at the University of Manchester. After speaking to a few of his flatmates in his halls, he had a brainstorm of ideas on how to make money as a student. Originally the website focused on Manchester but we soon realised a lot of the content applied to students across the UK.

Today we have more than 10 student contributors writing top quality articles sharing their own experiences to help others. The support and feedback we get from students, recent graduates, universities and parents is fantastic and really spurs us on.

About the name

Owen came up with the name Save The Student! as a play on words, as in saving students from debt, by saving money.. a stroke of genius, I’m sure you’ll agree. We like the fact that it invokes a strong sense of emotion and curiosity, and how it could be interpreted as a political statement (especially as tuition fees are set to jump again).

Even more, it’s calling to students to save themselves.. so a bit of self-preservation thrown in too!

What’s next?

We’re one of the fastest growing student finance websites in the UK and the #1 for student money saving advice. Recently we have expanded our student deals and student discounts sections, including a weekly newsletter of our handpicked deals going out to thousands of students.

We am committed to growing the site and keeping it the number one trusted resource for everything student money. We are always on the lookout for new contributors so if you want to get involved please contact us!