The National Union of Students (NUS) has expressed its concern at the rise of students using food banks.
At the University of Hull, the number of students having to use the unistudent on’s food parcel service has doubled in the past 12 months to 200. Around half a dozen student unions have similar services.
Other institutions, including Walsall College in the West Midlands, are having to look into initiatives designed to help their students cope with finding food.
The increase in students using these services has been blamed on the rising cost of living, as well as the Student Loans Company giving loans out late.
More economically disadvantaged students than ever are now attending university, but as well as having to use food banks, many are dropping out as they cannot sustain themselves.
