We are pleased to present the Students’ Union’s first annual Academic Quality Report, this year focusing on a topic close to the vast majority of students’ hearts, the financial costs of study.

We know that more students work to support their studies than ever before, and that our generation of students is spending more on rent, food and transport than those that came before us – particularly when grants and loans do not cover all of our associated costs.

It is in this context that we are really proud to present this piece of work to University Senate and ask the University to carefully consider our findings. We fundamentally believe that students should start University from a position of being fully informed as to the costs they can expect to incur during their studies and we would also like to see the University work to reduce costs for those students most affected by additional costs. 

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