← Main Wonkhe
About Us
+
About Wonkhe
People
Our partners
Write for Wonkhe
Contact us
Events
Latest
+
Explore the whole archive
Data
Wonkhe research
Long reads
Analysis
Comment
Wonk Corner
Subscriptions
SUs sign in
Subscribe
Search
Briefings
Daily Briefing
Every weekday · by 8am
Higher education's essential morning read.
Monday Briefing
Weekly · Mondays
The full week ahead in HE policy.
Friday Review
Weekly · Friday lunchtimes
What you need to know about the week just gone.
Newsletters & more
HE Influence
Politics and policy and the way the sector is seen.
HE Counsel
New
Governance, law and regulation for anyone following legal developments.
Policy Radar
The monthly live policy briefing – watch live or catch the replay on the portal.
Services
Wonkhe Pass
Full access for your whole institution.
Wonkhe SUs Pass
For students' unions – briefings, recordings and training.
Free briefing
The Monday Briefing, Lite edition – free.
SUs
Explainers
Podcasts
+
Working for Students
The Higher Education Show
Events
Briefing
More
+
About Wonkhe SUs
Weekly webinars
Webinar box set 2026
Latest SUs blogs
SU strategies
Official guidance
Add a new user
Thursday 15 October 2026
know
·
understand
·
influence
SUs
Sign in
SUs sign in
← All topics
Topic
Cost of living & hardship
Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.
All
Explainers
Blogs
The financing of doctoral study is a flawed system
Kathryn Cribbin
|
SU blog
|
24/03/22
Students need universities to act over Ukraine
Rhiannon Ellis
|
SU blog
|
09/03/22
Can students afford to study in 2022?
02/03/22
Why are students in Scotland facing student poverty?
24/02/22
What is the National Student Accommodation Survey 2022 telling us?
16/02/22
A great deal for students (and student staff) on campus
Phoebe Bastiani
|
SU blog
|
03/02/22
Students are borrowing money to gamble
20/01/22
Accommodation costs are pricing students out of education
Hillary Gyebi-Ababio
|
SU blog
|
10/12/21
The exploitation of migrant students needs to stop
Sanaz Raji
|
SU blog
|
15/10/21
We can’t ignore money when it comes to student mental health
02/09/21
The state of play on Covid hardship support
14/04/21
Why are we excluding thousands of students from access to hardship funding?
Kris Sheard
|
SU blog
|
01/04/21
How to support international students in financial hardship
29/03/21
How many students are in rent debt?
12/03/21
Is there a link between money and student mental health?
03/03/21
How to spend DfE’s £50m for student hardship
17/02/21
Student caregivers during the pandemic
15/01/21
The big mobile firms shouldn’t forget university students
Gagandeep Kaur
|
SU blog
|
06/01/21
Which universities are offering rent rebates for Christmas?
20/12/20
Should SUs kick the booze once and for all?
Francesco Masala
|
SU blog
|
18/12/20
Coronavirus is making students feel blamed and unsupported
Laura Brown
|
SU blog
|
19/11/20
Are students destined to live with their parents until their 30s?
19/10/20
Evidence is emerging on students in lockdown
08/10/20
Student loans don’t cover students’ costs
09/09/20
Older pieces →