Living at home, because the sums do not work otherwise
More students are planning to live at home while studying, telling the BBC that rents and living costs have made moving out impossible — and saying plainly that they expect to miss out on part of student life as a result. Commuting is now a financial decision rather than a preference for a growing share of each intake. Commuter students covers making it work rather than just enduring it.
What the financial crisis says about the shape of UK higher education
An academic at Lincoln argues that the sector’s finances are not a temporary squeeze but the predictable result of funding universities like a market — fee income frozen in cash terms while costs rise, competition for students replacing planning, and closures where recruitment falls. It is the background to every course cut announced this year.