BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 08:25:00
Universities gave out more than £120 million to help students in financial difficulty last year — almost double the year before. the bbc has found the number of students asking for emergency cash nearly tripled between 2018 and 2021, according to freedom of information responses. students have told the bbc they struggled to pay rent when bar and retail work dried up in the pandemic. universities say they have stepped up efforts to help in "difficult times". let�*s get more on this now with our education correspondent hazel shearing. tell us more about the details that have come out of the...