Students from regional areas ​so poor they are struggling to eat

Sophie Boyd
Updated August 16 2018 - 6:43am, first published August 15 2018 - 2:49pm
Students from regional areas ​so poor they are struggling to eat
Students from regional areas ​so poor they are struggling to eat

One in five university students from regional areas regularly go without food and other necessities because of financial hardship and defer university because of costs at a rate almost twice that of their metro-raised counterparts. 

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Sophie Boyd

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