UK Summer Spending Explained

UK students have different financial circumstances to most adults – with three loan drops per year and a lot of free time between university terms, their spending tends to follow different patterns. 

This is truest of all when summer rolls around. From as early as May until as late as October, Gen Z students are finished with exams. So what do they fill those long months with?

In our latest visual guide – Summer Spending Explained – we drop stats on students’ typical income sources, yearly loan drops and average income breakdown. We also zoom in on when they start saving for the summer months, and which verticals they tend to prioritise once the sun is out. 

Access it now.