Two-thirds of the public in England support the reintroduction of maintenance grants for the poorest students, but only one-in-ten of the public (10%) think students should be prioritised for help with the cost of living:
- Nearly two-thirds (64%) support the reintroduction of maintenance grants for the poorest students – but support for prioritising students for additional financial support is low.
- 71% believe the cost-of-living crisis will deter people from going to university over the next two years – but only 26% think that fewer people should be going to university.
New polling from the UPP Foundation (www.upp-foundation.org) and the Higher Education Policy Institute (www.hepi.ac.uk) finds strong support for maintenance grants, with two-thirds of respondents agreeing that maintenance grants should be reintroduced for poorer students.
