← Main Wonkhe

TopicCost of living & hardship

Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.

Students gathered outside a locked gate in front of a brutalist concrete university building

Have your uni’s bursaries kept up with the cost of living?

12/10/26

Scotland’s food price cap could help students, but only if SUs make sure they are counted

Scotland’s food price cap could help students, but only if SUs make sure they are counted

09/10/26

Not in attendance is a coding choice, and resitting students are paying for it

Not in attendance is a coding choice, and resitting students are paying for it

06/10/26

Students are workers too – and they need to know their rights

Students are workers too – and they need to know their rights

Kim Allen|SU blog|30/09/26

Energy bills are about to rocket up. Will landlords or students pay the price?

Energy bills are about to rocket up. Will landlords or students pay the price?

24/09/26

What the 2026 National Student Money Survey says about students’ finances and what SUs need to know

What the 2026 National Student Money Survey says about students’ finances and what SUs need to know

16/09/26

How SUs actually won microwaves on campus – and why “health and safety” is a category, not a reason

How SUs actually won microwaves on campus – and why “health and safety” is a category, not a reason

09/09/26

24 things that MPs won’t know about when it comes to student finance

24 things that MPs won’t know about when it comes to student finance

24/07/26

A stack of sanitary towels next to a taller stack of coins. Illustrating period poverty and unaffordability of sanitary towels

Periods shouldn’t cost students their education

Rose Arhin|SU blog|02/07/26

What do the students coming in September want and need?

What do the students coming in September want and need?

22/06/26

Deposits, instalments and hardship: the full picture for home and international students

Deposits, instalments and hardship: the full picture for home and international students

27/05/26

Comparing the financial help that universities give to students (In England)

Comparing the financial help that universities give to students (In England)

27/05/26

The coming cost of living crisis will hit students hardest – unless SUs act now

The coming cost of living crisis will hit students hardest – unless SUs act now

05/05/26

Universities are curbing free food for students

Universities are curbing free food for students

04/05/26

Stigma is as powerful a barrier as scarcity itself

Stigma is as powerful a barrier as scarcity itself

Margarita Marie Ronquillo|SU blog|27/04/26

Cartoon image of a map with houses and roads.

How to create a student housing utopia

Penny Hampden-Turner|SU blog|23/04/26

Fish Balls Served with onion butter and potatoes

Fish Balls Served with onion butter and potatoes

Alan Roberts|SU blog|16/04/26

Here’s what SUs need to know about the annual student gambling survey

Here’s what SUs need to know about the annual student gambling survey

10/04/26

What Cibyl’s 2025 mental health survey means for SUs

What Cibyl’s 2025 mental health survey means for SUs

26/02/26

Graduation costs index: 2026 edition

25/02/26

You wouldn’t work for free. Why should healthcare students?

You wouldn’t work for free. Why should healthcare students?

Lorna Elliott-Skinner|SU blog|20/02/26

Why are medical students calling for changes to maintenance loans?

Why are medical students calling for changes to maintenance loans?

12/02/26

Image of folded clothes

Bringing laundry back into the fold of the cost of living debate

Sam Dickinson|SU blog|05/02/26

Financial worry is now the baseline condition of being a student

Financial worry is now the baseline condition of being a student

02/02/26

Older pieces →