Students who cannot rely on family for support are cutting down on food and taking out extra loans to afford accommodation costs, according to a new poll.
Thirty-four per cent of the 800 current and 800 prospective university-goers surveyed said they were finding paying rent “unaffordable”. Of these, 71 per cent said they were reducing their spending on meals and travel to cope.
The findings, commissioned by property management company PfP Students, suggest university increasingly risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy.
Released on 4 June, the research helps launch the second phase of PfP Students’ Room to Belong campaign.
So far, the campaign has focused on responding to a “growing crisis” of student loneliness in university halls and on campuses.
