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Learning the art of money management is an important part of studying a university degree for most students. There are of course a number of sources of financial help into which students can delve to support their university education - student loans, bursaries, grants and scholarships, for example - but these aren't always sufficient. Students often have to turn to other methods to push their pounds further, so they can get the most out of their university experience.

All students require a basic current account at the very minimum, where they can keep money and use the plastic card that comes with it to make payments - for utility bills and food shopping, for example. There is now a range of current accounts out there that offer all the features you need as student, such as the current account with prepaid card offered by Secure Trust Bank. A unique feature about the current account with Secure Trust Bank, for example, is the Mastercard prepaid card that comes with it, which you load with money in advance before you make any payments with it. This feature is useful for students as it can help them manage their money better - it separates the money in your current account needed for bills, for example, from any disposable cash you can spend on enjoying yourself.

More than 450 colleges in the UK have been banned from teaching foreign students, as part of new visa restrictions introduced by the government. As part of a plan to reduce immigration to the UK, there has been a crack down on bogus colleges set up simply as a way to for fake students to get visas.

For years there have been hundreds of colleges offering internationals an easy way into the UK through fake courses that allowed them to claim student visas. However, earlier this year the government announced that this abuse of the immigration system was to be put under scrutiny.

Licences Revoked

Of the 450 colleges affected so far, almost 400 of them failed to register with the new inspection system and so lost the privilege of recruiting international students. The rest either had their licences revoked or suspended due to a variety of misdemeanours. Common problems were colleges that were unable to show records of student attendance, or that they had checked the students' qualifications. However, one college could not even provide a list of enrolled students or a timetable of classes.

You may think that today is the 1st of November, but you'd be wrong. It is actually the 1st of Movember. For, you see, over the next month thousands of men across the world will be refusing to shave their top lip in a bid to grow the biggest, most ridiculous moustache, all in aid of charity.

Global Phenomenon 

It all started back in 1999 when a group of Australian men came up with the idea. After growing in popularity faster than anyone could have expected, it was taken over by the Movember Foundation charity in 2004. Since then, it has become a truly global phenomenon, and so far more than 1.1 million people have taken part, raising an incredible £106million overall. The money all goes to raising awareness and funds for men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and depression.

Movember has gone from strength to strength in the UK and last year 120,000 people helped raise £11.7million simply by growing hair on their top lip.

The Rules

The full rules, as detailed in the ‘Movember Manifesto' are:

With Halloween on Monday, there are loads of special spooky events happening across London this weekend. Whether you prefer to scare yourself with horror films, dress up and go partying or have a hands-on haunted experience, there will be something for you. Here we bring you some of the most terrifying-ly good (see what we've done there?) events in the Capital:

What is British Culture? The term is unclear but what is clear, is that there are many social values often frowned upon by international students. Altogether, an experience to learn from.

Some may term the culture as unacceptable whilst, others may learn to love and adopt it. I believe this is one of the main issues which many international students face- holding on to their culture in the UK during their stay or adopting that of the country so as to be better accepted. I will comment on what I found to be international students' view of the British culture.

The Shocks

Often what many international students find shocking is the ‘going Dutch' culture. This means that everyone pays for themselves. This has often been a source of laughter or snide comments. International students tend to come from societies where they are used to one person paying for the whole table, and each person would have their opportunity to pay for the bill on different occasions.