With NASMA’s National Student Money Week less than a week away, we wanted to reflect a bit on why we value this campaign so much, and the impact that can be had on our students, not just during National Student Money Week itself, but well into their financial future.
As NASMA celebrates its 30th birthday, we’re particularly pleased that our ‘Future Ready: Money Skills for Success’ theme is providing the platform to really focus on the skills that our students can learn today, but very much put to good use well beyond their student journey.
The reality is, money is a constant in life. There might be times when we struggle more than others, or times when we feel flusher, but it’s always something we need to think about, so every opportunity to normalise talking about money, helping individuals to develop financial wellbeing skills, and accessing professional support and advice, is an opportunity well spent.
National Student Money Week provides a great opportunity for our amazing colleagues, working in student money advice teams, to proactively engage with students, creating a fun platform to address money concerns. It’s a great alternative to the reactive, crisis-based approach that we often find ourselves working in, supporting students only after something challenging has happened.
Financial wellbeing skills last a lifetime – long after students move on from university – so the impact of supporting our students to develop these important life skills is far-reaching, and that is the particular focus of our 2026 campaign. Whether that is planning ahead, decision making, prioritising or being scam aware, we know we are supporting our students to develop the skills that will support them well into their futures.
Kellie McAlonan, NASMA Chair, says:
“As Chair of NASMA, I see first hand how National Student Money Week brings our community together with one shared purpose: empowering students to take control of their finances, build financial confidence, and create more secure futures. It’s not just a campaign – every conversation started, every resource shared, and every student supported has a ripple effect far beyond campus.”
NASMA are particularly pleased to have the support of several organisations, helping us to get these important money messages out to students. These are the Metropolitan Police, Save the Student, Money Advice Scotland and Experian.
If you are interested in seeing how our members are working with students, follow @nasma_uk on Instagram, where we will be sharing the best of the best when it comes to National Student Money Week engagement with students.
Full details of NASMA’s National Student Money Week campaign can be found at https://www.nasma.org.uk/national-student-money-week-2026/
