Hello guys! can I survive with 10000 £ per annum in Leeds? :-)

you can't eat money

Dude £10,000 pounds .. tax free = nearl 900 month .. !!leeds is north and people talk funny .. you are crazy

I assume your stipend is £10K. If so, don't forget you have to pay fees which are £3,100 p.a.? takes you down to about £7K somewhere to live will be about £3.5K, down to £3.5K which should be enough to feed you and give you a little spendng money.

Hi Dude and d, 10k£ is the average per annume of a phd studentship after have paying fees, is it ok? how much a phd can earn and live in north?

Thanks Lewis! I start with a stipend of 13500£ p.a.: is it good?

Well, 13,500 will pay your tuition fees and pay for your living costs/food and give you plenty left over to live on. you shouldn't have any problem with money, it is tax-free afterall

I don't think you will have to pay any fees out of your 10 000, the fees are also covered by your grant, but they are paid directly to the university by the funding organisation ( so you in effect have nothing to do with them). And no tax or council tax. 820£ is enough to live comfortably but won't cover expensive hobbies or pay for nice holidays somewhere exotic.

I lived in leeds on 6K, so 10K is plenty. Accomodation is about £60 a week, and leeds is pretty cheap for going out.

Can someone tell me. I have a studentship in leeds of £13k. Are the fees to paid from this or are they aslready paid?

LEEDS IS GREAT

Barry, the chances are that your fees will be paid for you, but not all studentships are the same. Contact the university or your new supervisor and they will tell you what is covered by your grant.