Blackbullion
Get confident with money!
What is Blackbullion?
Blackbullion is the ultimate destination for students to master money management. It’s the place to learn about money, find extra money, and manage your money with confidence. We’ve partnered with Blackbullion to help you get smart with money and take control of your financial future. All students have free access to Blackbullion’s award-winning learning website and money management app!
Learning website - full of money lessons, articles, quizzes and tools around a range of financial topics including top money tips, saving ideas, sourcing additional funding, scholarships, bursaries and much more - Start learning
Funding hub - the largest database of scholarships, bursaries and additional funding in the UK. You can go there for funds available not only at our institution but for a wide range of other sources of additional financial support - Find funding
The Money Manager app - rewards you for managing your money! See all of your spending in a single place, set monthly budgets and add your own custom categories. No ads. No in-app purchases. Great rewards. The only app you need to put you in control of your financial wellbeing - Manage your money
How to access Blackbullion? You can register for free if you’re an applicant, a current student, staff member or a recent graduate.
➔ Go to blackbullion.com and click ‘Register’
➔ Follow the onboarding flow
➔ Select your university
➔ Enter your email address
➔ Verify your email address by clicking the link in your email inbox
➔ You're in and ready to learn about all things money
Register for your free account
Budgeting with the Blackbullion app
Make budgeting a breeze with the Blackbullion app
Blackbullion has created a personal finance app that keeps all of your accounts in one place to help you manage your money with confidence.
Budget your way Using the Blackbullion app, you can set your own budgeting goals each month and assign different spending targets to the categories you want to budget for.
Reduce errors and save time With read-only open banking, you can automate the spending tracking of each of your budgets, saving you time and reducing calculation errors.
Achieve your goals, get rewarded Blackbullion also rewards you for achieving your budget goals, with bigger rewards for bigger budgeting challenges.
The app is free and designed to help you manage your money, build healthy financial habits, and empower you to make the most of your student experience. You can use the app to manage your money alongside the website.
The app is available on both iOS and Android devices, and you can download it free here.
Money-Ready for Uni
Money-Ready for Uni
If you’re a fresher, we’ve got the Money-Ready for Uni pack.
This has everything you need to get financially prepared for those first months as a student, from managing your loan to tips on leading a student lifestyle. Get started here and unlock your first badge.
With Blackbullion, you’ll find quick lessons, enlightening articles and practical tools to help you grow your financial knowledge and wellbeing.
Whether you want to achieve your savings goals, reduce debt, or simply get better at budgeting, our learning helps you to manage your money with confidence.
Here are some great places to start:
➔ How to build an emergency fund
➔ Scams
Our useful links:
The ultimate guide to student funding: https://www.blackbullion.com/blog/ultimate-guide-student-funding-2024
Funding hub: https://www.blackbullion.com/funding-for-university-students
Blackbullion Money Manager app: https://app.blackbullion.com/