Cor blimey. Why don't you all go the whole hog and start praying for the poor chap to get cancer of the arse whilst you're at it?

I don't think anyone has wished any harm on the OP, a bit of a harsh statement.

Yes, there are, aren't there?

Tiger roach, my student loan was £4000 a year my accom was £4800 a year, needless to say the student loan does not cover everything. I had to have a full time job during university, my mum is on disability support but still helped out when she could, she paid for my car insurance.

I full support parents helping out their kids at uni, hopefully I'll earn enough to help my kids through uni.

Reading this thread I love how some people read what they want into the op posts.

Sometimes criticism helps better than praise.

True, but 4-pages later…I think he 'gets it' don't you?

Next time she goes away pay her boyfriend £250 to not answer the phone under any circumstances. It'll take a lot of £1.45 non-connected call charges to hit the magic £2k again.

(Although I'm sure she'll do her best!)

ianpinder – around £100/week for accom? Wow. OK so the loan isn't enough and I think there's no excuse for that, I blame Labour…. It is possible to get additional loans from banks I think – a few grand a year?

I started as a student in '89 so I saw the introduction of the loans and grants were still pretty good though was told by older people at the time they were far better in the 70s. I managed OK without them but did work in the summer; actually I did take the loans but never needed them so just took the interest.

Yes typically it's £300 – £400 a month, I think my uni accom in my final semester was £350 a month for a tiny room. Before that £400 got me a double bed in a medium sized room. It's worse in London, I think my friend was paying close to £6k a year and her loan was around £5k, though her parents paid for that and gave her £400 a month for food. I was the only person in my house who didn't get an allowence and my accom paid.

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I don't think I'd have gone to Uni now. I think we paid £25 a week in a shared house.

Saying this alot of the students going to 'Uni''s' now are wasting their money on most courses.

man gives woman phone – man surprised when woman uses phone ALOT 😳

Large from here your as much to blame as she is……….Basics man basics 🙄

ORANGE, Ha you ant got a hope in hell of getting anything from them, the worst cell phone company out there, period. the amazing thing is that it worked, we used to have 3 Orange phones in the business and they never had any service were we needed to use them.

Thanks for this thread!

Just showed my daughter and didn't even have to go down the 'don't even think about it' road!!

Even she thought this was taking this p1ss big time
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ianpinder,
is that in student halls? why bother!

i rent a flat -though not a student i share with someone who was- the two guys here paid 350 each a month for rent and bills. thats in a private rented flat in edinburgh, close to town. why pay more for a tiny box in student accom????!!

and although thats still 4200 a year, its still 600 (near 2 months rent) saved!

On the op, i'd say its best to have her pay it all back, in some form or another.
i had a contract phone from my dad till i was 18, but then worked out cheaper for me to get a new one than continue paying the bill (cheaper deals and all that).
As for the whole what gets payed for, most student friends seem to get help with paying for accom, but all bills/other stuff is up to them, part time jobs and such to fund.

if she's still staying at home the entire time at uni thats pretty bad, you should at least get some form of digs money from her, like £50 a week contributing to things?

Its Good to talk….LOL BUT not at that price fella…

If my daughter had a phone bill like that id kill myself……

But shes a very considerate lassy.,..Bless Her….As shes got loads of common sense too

re. cost of uni… Halls usually include all bills, and frequently they are catered too. I've worked at two universities and the contribution from parents ranged differently between the two. One, a red brick with a high proportion of public school kids, was as you'd expect – accommodation paid for, allowance, sometimes a car, and some even had a credit card their parents would pay off at the end of the month. Where i work now, non-red brick with a fair proportion of students who are local, many parents contribute by letting their kids stay at home, and there are a lot fewer who provide allowances, pay for rent etc. It really depends on the course, background of student, and location.

imho the students who get a job are more organised, better motivated and work harder.

I've not bothered trawling though all the responses here, but in short:

19 year old, either in employment or higher education, some access to money of she puts her mind to it, therefore she pays for it.

Next time she is abroad, get the provider to put a block on charges, so when she reaches a limit you have agreed with the provider, they'll notfiy you, you decide whether or not to extend the limit to continue service.