The main aims of the Student Income and Expenditure 2011/12 Survey were to: provide detailed information on the income, expenditure and debt levels of higher education (HE) students in England and Wales;allow for analysis on larger and more memorable spending captured in the main questionnaire, as well as day-to-day spending recorded in the seven-day spending diary;provide a baseline for assessing the impact of changes in student finance introduced in September 2012 for those starting HE in the 2012/13 academic year. Fieldwork was conducted between February 2012 and June 2012. Please see the User Guide accompanying the SIES 2011/12 dataset for further information. The dataset contains data related to the following topics:Course details,Background,Fees,Student attitudes and choices,Higher Education-related income,Overall financial position,Other income sources (earnings, family, benefits, savings),Commercial credit,Expenditure.