Glasgow UK’s least affordable city for students - RBS

RBS’s student living index found students in Glasgow had the lowest term-time income at £786.60 a month, despite working above the average number of hours in part-time jobs.

The total taken home by students in Scotland’s biggest city differed greatly from their counterparts in the Granite City who enjoy the second most affordable student life in the UK after Cardiff, with the highest overall term-time income at £1583.80 per month.

Those studying in the north east also received the most in the UK from term-time work at £220 a month, more than double the UK average of £97.

Meanwhile in Glasgow, students also paid above average household bills and received the lowest amount of bursaries and scholarships in Scotland, but had the highest spend of all Scottish students on going out.

The Edinburgh-based lender also found that the average Glaswegian student gets £182 a month from their parents, £103 from term-time work and £52 from a bursary, with student loans the biggest source of income for most.

However, those in rented accommodation pay less than the UK average, with someone in a student flat paying £433 to their landlord each month, against £448 nationwide.

Elsewhere in Scotland the survey found that students in Stirling spend almost £40 a month on clothes and shoes, the highest in the whole of the UK.

Dundee students, meanwhile, had the highest household bills, £30 more than the UK average of £43 a month, and St Andrews students are the most likely to say they have chosen to study there due to the university’s reputation.

Students in Edinburgh spend the least in Scotland on going out, £19.90 per month compared to the UK average of £25.10.

The survey of almost 3500 students across the UK found London was the most expensive city to rent, with the average monthly spend said to be £584.