Student support payment to help with cost of living would cost up to £189m
over the rising cost of living for staff and students.
"I am a full-time access student entering university for my first undergrad degree and I'm starting to think what is the point of attending university in the first place?" one told the report's authors. It said maintenance grants and loans available in Northern Ireland to help students had not increased along with inflation for a number of years.
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