“My life will be ruined”: a tuition transfer delayed by processing
A Coventry student faces deportation because her tuition payment arrived a day after the deadline, having transferred the money before it — the delay was in processing. Sponsorship rules require universities to report non-payment, and the report triggers the immigration consequence regardless of intent. Pay well ahead of any deadline and keep the transfer confirmation. Being an international student in the UK covers sponsor duties.
A quarter of a campus bus service cut
Stagecoach is cutting daily services between a town and a university campus by more than a quarter, with one route axed entirely. Bus cuts are the transport story that actually affects students: a service that runs hourly instead of every twenty minutes changes whether a 9am is attendable from cheaper housing. Commuter students covers the trade-off.
“Colleagues going to food banks”: Cambridge staff strike over a pay supplement
Staff at Cambridge are striking for a cost-of-living supplement, with one saying colleagues have used food banks. Cambridge is among the most expensive cities in the country to live in, and the same rents that catch staff catch students — which is why this dispute is about a local supplement rather than the national pay round.
What a year-round home means for students with nowhere else
The Unite Foundation reflects on what its scholarship for care-experienced and estranged students has shown: the accommodation itself matters less than having somewhere that does not close at the end of term. Universities can provide year-round rooms, and the students who need them most are the least likely to know to ask. Student finance explained covers independent status.