UK universities have begun handing students one-off cash payments to get them through the winter as the cost-of-living crisis starts to bite with little sign of the Westminster government stepping up support.
The University of Manchester has announced that full-time students will receive £170 and part-time students £85, paid directly into their bank accounts as part of a £9 million package.
Earlier, Queen’s University Belfast committed to giving students similar one-off payments of at least £150, or £400 to those most in need.
