The government will distribute the money to universities who will in turn give to students who are struggling to cope with rising costs in the country.
According to the British government, this will build on the £261 million student premium fund allocated this year – money aimed at supporting disadvantaged students, a report by The PIE News says.
Minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education, Robert Halfon, said in a statement, “This extra funding will complement the help universities are providing through their own bursary, scholarship and hardship support schemes.”
The UK national union of students’ vice president for higher education, Chloe Field, welcomed the funding but said hardship funds were “a quick fix to a long-term problem which has come to a head in the cost of living crisis.”
Field called on the government to implement additional measures, including a rent freeze.
According to a data by The PIE News, there has been a prolonged demand for additional financial support from universities among international students. During the 2021/22 academic year, several British institutions reportedly paid out over £100,000 in hardship funding to foreign students, and students have continued to request help this academic year.
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