Students estranged from families 'homeless' in the holidays
Cereza says leaving for university was a catalyst for her estrangement
Cereza describes her childhood as very difficult. Leaving for university, she says, was the"final thing that tore my family apart" and meant she had no home to return to. The reasons are often very complicated - with abusive families, clashes of values, and teenagers not being accepted for their sexuality among the most common.
Liverpool John Moores University, which has around 50 estranged students, has already introduced some improvements. Welsh students are entitled to a Welsh Government Learning Grant of £8,100 and a maintenance loan of £1,125. And in Northern Ireland they may get a grant of up to £3,475 and a maximum maintenance loan of £4,840.
"The government could be encouraging universities to take this whole issue much more seriously, in terms of the support they can give to their students," he says. The Student Loans Company told the BBC it was always seeking to improve the support provided to estranged students.
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