To apply for the Student account you must: have been a permanent UK resident for the last 3 years be 17 years or older, not hold a student account elsewhere, have applied for a full-time course of at least two years duration which is one of the following Undergraduate degree such as a BA, BSc, LLB or BEd, BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND – level 3 or 4), Diploma in Nursing Studies, Diploma of Higher Education, Or have an unconditional offer letter or a UCAS acceptance letter for one of the above courses. Link: Macworld UK - LloydsTSB offers free iPod shuffle to students NOTE: according to the poster in the bank window, you also have to depostit £500 by (i think) a date in september