Anna Fazackerley, the Guardian
Record numbers of young people in the UK are starting a university course this autumn, with many anxious to escape a collapsing employment market. But as students embark on a very different university experience, vice-chancellors are worried that many may not last the year. They fear students will be much less able to cope with the demands of their course if they are preoccupied with serious worries about paying for food or rent. Meanwhile, experts are warning that this year’s freshers have “lost the discipline of learning”, having spent months at home with no A-level exams to revise for.
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