Cost of living

Alex Broadhurst   University is a dream sold to young people that will give them the key to any doors they could possibly want to unlock. They are told anyone can attend no matter their financial background, due to the UK government’s student finance system. Tuition fees are paid...

University students in England are left with little money after paying high rent prices for accommodation despite maintenance loans expected to cover it....

Hannah Walton-Hughes On Wednesday 15th March 2023, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his first Spring Budget. Widely referred to as the “Back to Work Budget”, Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes discusses the contents of the budget, and the effect it is likely to have on the cost of...

Through the power of the internet, swapping sexual favours for cash has never been easier. But is selling explicit pictures online the ideal way of making extra income to have more time for studies, or is it putting young people in danger? Hannah Bentley and Alice Bennett explore why...

Sophie Robinson As food prices soar and student loans stagnate, many students simply cannot afford to eat.   “Food is the easiest thing to cut out”, says James, a University of Nottingham student.  Students at the University of Nottingham have been forced to find alternative ways to access food during...

With the ever-increasing price of video games along with the cost of living crisis in the UK, gaming seems less accessible to those who don’t have £60 to spare on top of keeping up with the latest consoles and PCs. Alice discusses the rising cost of games and the...

The Hemline Index was a theory proposed in the book ‘The Economics of Fashion’ (1928) by Paul Nystrom. This western spectacle suggests that stock prices move in the same direction as the hemlines of women’s dresses, getting shorter in times of economic prosperity and longer in times of recession....