Students hit by cost of living crunch


91 per cent of undergraduates worried about cost of living pressures, survey says. 6park.com
调查显示，英国有91%的高校学生担心生活成本压力。



Students are skipping in-person lectures and taking on new debt in response to the cost of living crisis, according to official statistics that suggest rising prices are creating divisions in young people’s university experiences. 6park.com
官方统计数据显示，学生们正在逃避线下课程，而且开始背负新的债务，以应对生活成本危机，这意味着不断上涨的物价正在影响年轻人的大学生活。 6park.com
 
Figures published on Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics show 91 per cent of higher education students in England were worried about living costs this month, while 77 per cent feared financial pressures would negatively affect their studies. 6park.com
英国国家统计局(Office for National Statistics)周三公布的数据显示，英国91%的高校学生对本月的生活成本感到担忧，77%的人担心经济压力会对他们的学习产生负面影响。 6park.com
 
With UK inflation running at 11.1 per cent, housing costs rising and tight government spending limiting support for students, the figures suggest the financial squeeze is undermining their educational experiences and achievements. 6park.com
在英国通胀率高达11.1%、住房成本不断上升、政府支出紧缩限制了对学生的支持的情况下，上述数据似乎表明，财政紧缩正在削弱学生的教育经历和成就。 6park.com
 
Chloe Field, vice-president of the National Union of Students, said students were being “ignored” by the government. Student maintenance loans, the main form of government support, rose by just 2.3 per cent to an annual £9,706 outside London this year. 6park.com
英国全国学生联合会(National Union of Students)副主席克洛伊•菲尔德(Chloe Field)表示，学生们被政府“忽视”了。学生生活费贷款是政府支持的主要形式，伦敦以外的贷款今年仅提高2.3%，至每年9706英镑。 6park.com
 
Only one-fifth of students in the ONS figures said they were managing well financially, while 35 per cent said they faced minor and 15 per cent major financial difficulties. A further 29 per cent said they were just about managing. 6park.com
在英国国家统计局的数据中，只有五分之一的学生表示他们财务管理良好，而35%的学生表示他们面临着轻微的财务困难，15%的学生面临着严重的财务困难。还有29%的人表示，他们只是勉强能应付。 6park.com
 
The figures also showed some students’ learning was affected more than others, with 29 per cent skipping non-mandatory lectures or tutorials to save on costs. A similar proportion were studying more at home or attending lectures remotely instead of travelling to university. 6park.com
数据还显示，一些学生的学习受到的影响比其他人更大，29%的学生为了节省费用而跳过非强制性的课程或辅导课。类似比例的人更多地选择在家学习或远程听课，而不是去大学。 6park.com
  
A quarter had taken on new debts or increased their use of credit, in a majority of cases because their student maintenance loan did not cover living costs. Nearly one-fifth of students said they had considered moving home because of the financial squeeze, though a much smaller number actively planned to. 6park.com
四分之一的学生借了新的债务，或用了更多贷款，这主要是因为他们的学生生活费贷款不足以支付生活费用。近五分之一的学生表示，由于经济拮据，他们曾考虑搬回家住，不过积极计划搬回家的人数要少得多。 6park.com
 
Sophie Pender, the founder of the 93% Club, an association of state-educated students, said the data suggested education could become more divided, with some students studying in libraries, living near campuses and joining sports teams, while others were left in substandard accommodation with no time to study. 6park.com
“93%俱乐部”(93% Club)是一个公立学校学生协会。其创始人索菲•彭德(Sophie Pender)表示，该数据表明教育可能会变得更加分化，一些学生在图书馆学习，住在校园附近，加入运动队，而另一些学生则被留在不达标的宿舍，没有时间学习。 6park.com
 
“We are in dangerous territory,” she said. “How can we ever have a thriving UK where access to university, and the enjoyment of it, is dependent on the money we have behind us rather than the brains we have in our head?” 6park.com
“我们正处于危险的境地。”她表示，“如果上大学的机会和享受大学的经历取决于我们拥有的钱，而不是我们的才智，英国怎么会繁荣？” 6park.com
 
The ONS figures, based on a survey of more than 4,200 students between October 24 and November 7, also found students reported being less happy than adults. 6park.com
英国国家统计局的数据是基于10月24日至11月7日之间对4200多名学生进行的调查得出的。该调查还发现，学生的幸福感不如成年人。 6park.com
 
Students rated their satisfaction on average at 5.9, compared with 6.8 for the general population. However, average satisfaction was only slightly lower than among all 16-29 year olds. 6park.com
学生们对自己满意度的平均评分为5.9分，而人民普遍的满意度为6.8分。不过，平均满意度仅略低于16-29岁人群的满意度。 6park.com
 
Steve West, president of Universities UK, which represents providers, said students risked “becoming the forgotten group” in the cost of living crisis. He urged the government to “provide targeted hardship funding” to prevent living costs becoming so high that students could no longer study. 6park.com
英国大学联合会(Universities UK)主席史蒂夫•韦斯特(Steve West)表示，在生活成本危机中，学生有可能“成为被遗忘的群体”。他敦促政府“提供有针对性的困难资助”，以防止生活成本过高，导致学生无法继续学习。 6park.com
 
Universities were offering support including offering cheap meals, increasing hardship funding, or freezing accommodation prices, he added. 6park.com
他补充说，大学正在提供支持，包括提供廉价餐食、增加困难救助资金，或控制住宿价格。