Cost of living to hit students in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire
Some students making their way to university this week will be worrying about affording to study.
Starting university can be a daunting prospect for freshers, with the pressure to make friends and adjust to life away from home. This year, the cost of living is expected to add to the strain on students' mental health.
A Higher Education Policy Institute report found that a quarter of UK universities have a foodbank service, and one in 10 has been giving out food vouchers.
Lilly-Jane Rockett, President of Inclusivity and Diversity at Hull University Students' Union said: "Instead of giving away stuff at the freshers' fair that's plastic, stuff that just goes in the bin, you can win a loaf of bread or a box of cereal or some toilet paper or some cleaning products - things that are actually useful."
Universities such as the University of Hull have a range of support services available to struggling students, who are urged to reach out for support if they need it, with several grants and bursaries on offer.
Lilly said: "As a fresher this is where you make your friends to find your housemates for next year, so it's so difficult when your friends say 'we're going out tonight, do you want to come with us?' and you have to say 'actually I can't.'
"Student Finance need to have a look at what they give to students over the coming year and realise that wages have gone up, cost of living has gone up, however maintenance loans have stayed the same."