Mid-summer this year, I was sat in the garden listening to my eldest son and his friends discussing their thoughts about starting or returning to university this Autumn.
As someone who has been in the sector for over 20 years these are the conversations that interest and inspire me – what are they looking forward to, what they hope to achieve, what are they going to miss, what influenced their decision about where to apply – it’s fascinating.
But this year I was struck by the negativity of the conversation – they all said that while they were looking forward to their respective university experience, they were also dreading trying to make ends meet given the rise in cost of living.
