A-level results: How the cost of living is affecting student futures

is estimated to be an average of £49,887, with tuition fees averaging £9,250.

"I really wanted to go to a good university and, when I was in the process of looking, I had to decide on somewhere close [to where I live] due to travel costs," she says. "I'm going to have to get a part time job or something and try to save up some more money on top of trying to get a degree so it's going to be a lot of work.

Realising the cost of studying away, she said the cost of living crisis had a "massive impact" on her decision. Living at home, she is only paying course fees and is also able to work part-time for which she earns between £14-15,000 a year."With bills on the rise, I have friends who don't know how they're going to cope with the cost of living away from home," she says.

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