An Edinburgh University PhD student has said he doesn’t know how he will pay for rent at the end of the week after the university failed to pay out his monthly stipend.
Ben Fisher is a PhD student at the university’s School of GeoSciences. The university has also owed Ben for expenses since July as well as the stipend - essentially a tax-free salary - which he relies on as his primary income.
“I currently have no idea how I’ll pay my rent at the end of the week. My salary is all of my income and any reserves I had had to be spent on expenses to keep my research going over the summer. If they don’t pay up soon I’ll have a serious problem on my hands,” Ben said.
