money

Chinese Whispers: 100 Grand to Get You Into Oxbridge

Can’t get into Oxbridge? Here’s a way to win your entry. One thing: it costs 100K.

The Riviera Tutor

LAURIE COLDWELL sneaks back online with a tale of streets paved with sun-soaked, BA Cantab gold.

A Fine Mess – Newnham Bites Back

Nenwham students have had enough after huge college fines have left a hole in their pockets.

UPDATE: Hole Lot of Trouble at John’s

Continued pigeon hole thefts at John’s have led to accusations of student stealing.

Upper Class-Holes

Balliol College have a travel grant specifically for Old Etonians so they can get paid to study ‘poor people’.

In Defence of the Union

We should give The Union more credit than it gets.

Cambridge: More Money Than Monaco

Cambridge may be richer than Monaco, but it still doesn’t pay the living wage.

Value Wine for Party Time

In the name of dedicated journalism, DAVID PARKE and friends try the cheapest of the cheap in the wine stakes.

BuyMyFace for Christmas!

Cantabs BuyMyFace spent the year selling their faces as ad space and made £500 for charity selling their faces for Christmas day!

Cash Hidden In UL For… Poems?

Mysterious tricksters have hidden £100 in the UL, and all they want in return is… poetry.

The Taste Test: Mince Pies

The festive quest for that elusive Perfect Pie is on. ED TAN and his team tell us what’s worth putting on our Christmas Llists, and what’s ho-ho-NO.

CambRich

Cambridge is rolling in it after raising over a billion pounds in its 800th anniversary campaign.

Taste the Difference?

Fed up with your black hole bank account? JULIA LEPLA investigates whether Sainsbury’s Basics come at the cost of taste.

First World Problems

Welcome to the world of first world problems: where the things that rile us up really shouldn’t in the greater scheme of things.

Playing with Fire – the Cambridge Student Circus

A troupe of wacky Cantabs have run away to join the circus – The Tab gets to the bottom of what they’re all about.

The Best Things In Life Are Free

JOSIE PARKINSON tries to live for a week on the grand total of £10. See how she survives.

Freshers’ Week Thrives On Cuts

Libby Purvis’ recent Times article fails to consider the fact that freshers want to have fun, regardless of student debt they’ll have to face in three years.

Best Comments: Week Six

This week sees Rosa Robson go on a guilt-free comments splurge, resulting in a no-holds-barred compilation of bitching; bant; and barf-inducing, self indulgent humour.

John’s Pay To Babysit Boozers

St John’s College plan to pay students to look after drunken peers during May week. Money to fund the scheme could come from fines to drunk students.

CUSU Slam Gov’s National Scholarships

CUSU have criticised the government for not allocating enough cash to its National Scholarship programme, which aims to help poorer kids go to uni.