大学生面对金融危机

University students are amongst the “most severely affected” by economic downturn and face increasingly unsustainable levels of debt on graduation

Students are "sleepwalking into financial crisis" because of expensive tuition fees and the effects of the UK’s worsening economic situation, warns the National Union of Students (NUS).

According to a report published this month entitled ‘Broke and Broken: A Critique of the Higher Education Funding System’, a widespread review is required to address the increasingly unsustainable levels of debt that students face upon graduation. Tuition fees, which are currently capped at £3,145 per year but are likely to be increased up to £7,000 per year, are leaving students with an unmanageable financial burden.

Students also face increasing monetary difficulty as a result of the downturn in the UK economy. Rising inflation, particularly in essential commodities such as food and energy, are fo