Impact and Platform’s investigation, Project Winter, has put the spotlight on the massive financial hardships experienced by Nottingham students as the cost of living crisis took hold over this past winter.
This ranges from living in housing that is covered in mould through to skipping meals to save money. Some...
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Laura Scaife, Adam Eaton and Will Hugall explore the “absolutely unworkable” maintenance loans and one student group's petition to change it.... -
As a recent Student Union survey found nearly half of students are struggling with their finances, Anna Boyne asks if their university experience is suffering.... -
Hannah Bentley Since its launch in 2006 Seeking Arrangements has garnered over 20 million users worldwide. Sugar daddies (and mummies) pay a subscription fee for their accounts to be active in order to view the potential sugar babies. At £79.95 a month many users are keen to reap the... -
A student’s life is seen as carefree and packed with spare time. But now many of them spend all that free time working rather than studying, only to afford said studies they cannot even fit around their busy schedules? Rucsandra Moldoveanu and Alice Bennett spoke to Nottingham students balancing... -
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...
