A Minimum Income Standard for Students 2025 Report builds on the MIS for students published in 2024, which focused on second- and third-year students in shared private rented accommodation, by developing a new MIS for first-year students and students in both university-owned and private halls. Based on focus groups with students situated across the UK, the authors constructed and costed a minimum basket of goods and services to develop an estimate for how much students need – to cover their basic costs and be able to participate in university life. The findings from 2024 have also been uprated, allowing us to estimate, for the first time, the full living costs for the whole of a student’s time in higher education.
Based on focus groups with students situated across the UK, the authors constructed and costed a minimum basket of goods and services to develop an estimate for how much students need – to cover their basic costs and be able to participate in university life. The findings from 2024 have also been uprated, allowing us to estimate, for the first time, the full living costs for the whole of a student’s time in higher education.
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