Band 5+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The pie chart shows average monthly student expenditure in the UK in 2016. The bar chart shows sources of student income in the same year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar graph and the pie chart summarizes the income sources of students and the mean student expenditure per month in the UK in 2016. Overall, the main source of funding for students are student loans while the monthly expenditure of a students is around £800.

A substantial portion of the students’ budget is allocated to paying the rent and this is almost 50% of the entire expenses. On average, students spend around £125 on food and this is one third of what they spend on rent. Moreover, they allocate equal amounts of money on bills and socialising. Travel costs are the least for the UK students and its around £52.

When analysing the means of income of the students in the UK, more than 80% of the students fund their education through student loans. An equal proportion of students are supported by their families and by working part-time, which is about 70%. Around 50% of students use bank overdraft and savings as their funding options while the percentage of students who use grants and funding are about 45%.