A decade of cumulative funding cuts means colleges lack resources to meet students’ needs

Further education students in England are struggling in “extreme poverty”, forced to work excessive hours in insecure jobs to support themselves and their families, and falling behind with their studies as a result, according to a new report.

FE colleges say they are seeing students in “financial desperation”, often dressed in the same clothes for days on end and struggling at home where family tensions and domestic abuse are on the increase as the cost of living crisis bites.

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Source: The Guardian