Universities have taken action to help out cash-strapped students, recognising that the maintenance loan isn’t enough to pay students’ rents let alone to live on. Have they demanded more money from the government for living grants? Or brought university housing in-house to provide affordable, high-quality accommodation?
No. Some universities are now offering courses that only have seminars and lectures a few days a week so students can get a job and afford to study. The universities are keen for students to stay on so they can get their tuition fees that many will spend a lifetime of debt paying off.
We need free education, accessible to all not just the well-off, with grants that students can live on. Students should be able to fully take part in their studies, not stressing about how to make ends meet and pushed into low-paid jobs.
