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After a turbulent few years, the Class of Covid now has to contend with graduating into the worst cost of living crisis in decades

Many students are asking why a government that has offered financial assistance to so many other groups in society – through the furlough scheme, benefits uprating, help for small and large businesses and so on – has all but abandoned those on degree courses. Not only have students been expected to pay full fees of £9,250 a year, those in private rented accommodation have typically had to pay full rent, whether they have been living in their digs or not. Others have been forced further int...

The Daily Express is campaigning for a reduction in tuition fees; rent rebates for students unable to live in university accommodation; and greater use of hardship funds. Campaigners said the sky-high salaries for university chiefs are a slap in the face for students already struggling to make ends meet with "inadequate maintenance loans and all-time high tuition fees". Third-year student Anastasia Christodoulou, 20, said: "Students are being viewed as nothing but moneybags for universities, a...