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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sally Weale Education correspondent

UK universities call for maintenance loan uplift amid students’ financial woes

Students in academic dress
One in ten students who took part in the last National Student Money Survey claimed they had used a food bank in the last academic year. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

The government is being urged not to forget students in the cost of living crisis, as universities report growing numbers turning to them for help with financial worries.

Ahead of Friday’s mini-budget, the Russell Group of research-intensive universities called for an immediate uplift in maintenance loans in line with current inflation, as well as an increase in hardship funding to target those most in need.

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