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9p noodles for lunch - until you die?

Katie Morley, Personal Finance Writer at Investors Chronicle, on savings, starving, and why not to squander that graduate salary

An international affair

This year's UCL Finance Conference was bigger and more cosmopolitan than ever before, discovers Finbarr Bermingham

Breaking the bank

Matthew Reeves reforms the retail banking sector. All in a day's work...

Bright sparks

A new student-organised entrepreneurship event is flourishing at LSE

Commercial awareness: think like a professional about... Northern Rock

The Gateway reveals how a banker, lawyer, accountant and consultant react to the Virgin Money take-over of Northern Rock

Conference calling

Student-led events can be a great way to heard the lasts news and views says Hannah Langworth, who recently attended UCL Economics and Finance Society's annual conference

Derivatives, the financial crisis, and students

This Imperial College conference explained what happened and how the banking industry is changing as a result

Everyone needs an Eric

Matthew Reeves has been busy making friends as an intern...

Finance and business societies: get involved

Finbarr Bermingham explains why you should consider becoming a more active member of your university finance or business society

Freshers: keep calm!

Matthew Reeves has some wise words for first years

Gateway exclusive: Kanye West speaks to the Oxford Guild in the biggest talk of 2015

Insights from The Gateway

Getting technical

Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC)'s Ivan Mazour reports from this year's Technology Ventures Conference

Giving back with Morgan Stanley

The University Community Impact Challenge put teams of students through a difficult but rewarding test. Kieran Corcoran saw the 2012 victors crowned

Going alternative

Competition for a place at the LSE Alternative Investment Conference competition is fierce. Hannah Langworth speaks to some of this year's organisers to find out why

How student societies can help you land your perfect job

David Langer investigates

How to survive freshers' week

Matthew Reeves looks back to the glorious beginnings of his own university career

Law societies: why you should join one

If you're interested in a career in law, signing up is a savvy step

Make the most of your part-time job

Mike Barnard's top tips

Making an event out of a crisis

The Gateway meets three students from UCL's Economics and Finance Society who hosted a high-profile speaker

Managing the future

Finbarr Bermingham speaks to Vyacheslav Polonski, the founder and president of Europe's largest student management consultancy conference

On a California roll

Hannah Langworth hears how Nottingham University's entrepreneurship society got involved with an international business and technology event

Opening up the think tank

Kieran Corcoran finds out about the KCL Think Tank Society's plans to help students become more active in policy-making

Please don't lecture me

Matthew Reeves offers a heart-warming tribute to the hard work of all the British competitors in Vancouver. If only there was a gold medal for ranting...

Reaching the summit

Hannah Langworth hears from the organisers of one of the UK's biggest and most high-profile student gatherings

Rising stars: Oxford Guild-ed youth

Oxford student Abbas Kazmi brought a prestigious but ailing business society back to life. Hannah Langworth finds out how he did it

Rising stars: a novel approach

Dhrupad Karwa, an economics undergraduate at UCL, tells Hannah Langworth how he's exploring politics and business – through literature

Rising stars: counting the pennies

Lucy Mair turns the spotlight on Joe Levi, entrepreneur and founder of finance advice website StudentMoneySaver.com

Rising stars: from Russia, with love

Finbarr Bermingham chats to Nadia Arkhipova, a native of St Petersburg and a University of Manchester student who's gone into business to help fellow Russians adapt to British life.

Rising stars: game boys

In a new series, The Gateway turns the spotlight on the brightest and best students we can find