The cities where student rent is most profitable for landlords
Research using Paragon Bank data ranks the university cities where landlords make the most from student tenants, and the list is dominated by Russell Group cities — where demand is concentrated, supply is short and rents have risen fastest. If you are choosing between offers, the rent difference between two cities can exceed the difference in maintenance loan entitlement. Finding student housing covers what to check before signing.
Skipping lectures because the bus fare does not fit the budget
Eva Morgan, 20, told i Paper she regularly misses lectures because she cannot afford the transport, having turned down a maintenance loan. It is one student, but it describes a real trade-off for commuters: the cost of attending is not in any official figure, and it falls hardest on the students least able to absorb it. Commuter students covers making the numbers work.
Home Office figures put numbers on the international shortfall
Home Office data published in July shows the fall in international student numbers that has left several universities warning about their finances. The consequence for home students is indirect but real: international fees have been subsidising teaching, and the gap is being closed through course closures and staff cuts rather than through any change in what home students pay.
Second-hand clothes, optimised
Vinted is now the third largest fashion retailer in the UK, and this is a guide from students who use it properly — how to search, when to buy, and how selling what you no longer wear funds the next thing. Term-time clothes budgets are among the first to be squeezed, and this is the practical answer. Budgeting covers the rest.