Students at the University of Bristol are to get discounted hot meals, access to warm spaces and help with IT costs in a bid to help them tackle the cost-of-living crisis. They are just some of the measures being discussed as students face increased costs from everything from rent and food to printing and joining societies.
The university and its Student's Union have been working to find solutions for the cost of living crisis in the face of growing anxiety from students about the future and whether they will have to choose between staying warm or staying fed during the winter. Printing costs, travel, housing and societies are among other worries that some are currently feeling.
Izzy Russell, living officer at Bristol SU is at the forefront of many discussions with students around how they are finding their time at uni and says that the university and the SU have been working together. She said the university had been "pretty receptive to all of our ideas", and had greatly increased the assistance fund from £600,000 to £1 million, which is something that is available for all students throughout the year.
