Confessions of a shopaholic - student discounts

This article was written by Forensic Science student Nicol-Stella

Once you have a University email address, you can sign up for UNiDAYS and Student Beans. Both are free of charge and make sure you check the notification option so they can send you new deals and updates.

Once you have a University email address, you can sign up for UNiDAYS and Student Beans. Both are free of charge and make sure you check the notification option so they can send you new deals and updates.

You can also sign up for TOTUM and you have a few options. TOTUM Digital is free and available to verified UK students with lots of offers. But for £14.99 per year, you can get the full list of awesome discounts as well as a PASS-verified proof of age (useful if you don’t have a passport/driving license). UNiDAYS, Student Beans and TOTUM all have offers on well-known high street names, food and drink – so you’ll be spoiled for choice!

Once you’ve finished adding everything to your cart if shopping online, you can go to check out and there will be an option to add a discount code. Log into your accounts on any of the discount sites, if you find an offer for the shop you are interested in, you just need to activate the code. Once the code is activated, it will only be valid for a certain amount of time, so make sure you copy and paste it into the code option at checkout. It’s as easy as that. For shopping in-store, always make sure you have your card with you or give a member of staff the relevant code to get your discount.

So, whether you want deals on your weekly food shop, a meal out or fancy a cheeky takeaway – take advantage of all that’s available to you as a student. It’s so worth it – pennies make pounds after all!