'I have so many times been in a position where I don't know when I'm going to get my next meal, and I'm literally living meal by meal, day by day..'
A final year student has called for Ulster University to introduce support measures to help students through the cost of living crisis.
Although she and many other students receive a student loan payment, Sara said it just about covers her rent payments most years. Living with three students who do the same course as her, they each pay £300 per month for rent, but have been struggling with making ends meet. "I live in a house with three other people in the same course as me, and for our oil alone just for the next couple of months it's been £100 each at least. We then have £28 a month on top of that for WiFi then we don't know how much electricity will be yet as it comes out every three months.
Sara, who is from Downpatrick, said a lack of funds means she worries about not getting the right nutrition to fuel her studies. She said there seems to be a stigma about students using any extra payments to fund partying.She said: "When we're faced with having heat over winter or having a drink, we're going to pick having heat. A small payment would go so far.
"You're stressed about how you're going to pay your bills and how you're going to get nutrition on top of worrying about finishing your dissertation."
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