← 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
Sunday 25 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
Hardship funds in UK universities – here’s what what we found
28/10/24
Food insecurity is on the up. What should SUs say or do?
18/10/24
Student partnership is happening in Manchester, so why not in London?
Samuel Dangerfield
|
SU blog
|
09/10/24
What SUs need to think about when deciding how to allocate hardship funding
02/10/24
Homelessness is a hidden issue in Scotland’s student housing crisis
Ruth Elliott
|
SU blog
|
27/09/24
Which students are more likely to run out of food?
19/09/24
Here’s the latest that SUs need to know about student poverty
19/09/24
All the top takeaways from Jisc’s student digital experience insights surveys
06/09/24
10 things SUs can do to support students who are working
26/08/24
Some students are single parents. What are they going through?
16/08/24
What SUs need to know about the students arriving on campus in September
19/07/24
How to be “positively pushy” to get things done for students
12/07/24
The Money Saving Expert gets answers on maintenance
Jim Dickinson
|
SU blog
|
25/06/24
A new report covers student cost of living information – here’s what SUs need to know
19/06/24
Top ten takeaways from this year’s Student Academic Experience Survey
14/06/24
Meeting students’ basic needs is about more than just a pantry
Alan Roberts
|
SU blog
|
09/06/24
Manifesto proposals driven by the struggles faced by students
Beth Elder
|
SU blog
|
16/05/24
What should SUs do next on the cost of living crisis?
Livia Scott
|
SU blog
|
10/05/24
Here’s what SUs need to know about digital poverty
10/05/24
What is polling on students and the cost of living crisis telling us?
09/05/24
Students are a part of society here
Reece Lee
|
SU blog
|
01/05/24
We live in a time when we are all too busy with ourselves
Jim Dickinson
|
SU blog
|
26/04/24
Sometimes the rice is undercooked
Jim Dickinson
|
SU blog
|
25/04/24
How to establish a student basic needs agenda (and centre)
11/04/24
Older pieces →