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How to choose the best UK student bank account

The Guardian Higher Education

From the ‘must-have’ overdraft to money off food and rail travel Student life brings with it a different kind of learning curve as young people across the country embark on a new adventure and try to find ways to make their money go further. And in a cost of living crisis, the curve is even steeper. Continue reading.

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Cruzado Wins 2024 Council of Fellows Mentor Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She served twice on the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. President Cruzado’s former mentees have praised her as a compassionate mentor and inspirational leader deeply devoted to higher education,” said Juanita Banks, director of the ACE Fellows Program.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

All the while, Curry has kept his focus on expanding equity for his students, with his sights specifically on food and housing insecurity, an issue that impacts many of his students. In collaboration with the Los Angeles County Food Bank, Compton College offers a mobile food pantry.

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Soccer Midfielder Focuses on Growth Through Dogged Determination

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting in high school and continuing to this day, she also volunteers with Feed the Hungry, which prepares and distributes food to marginalized populations. During soccer season, there are community service hours that the team does, and she helps at the university’s volunteer farm, with some of the food going to food banks.

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It’s not about ‘woke’ or foreign students – the truth is that UK universities are starved of cash | Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian Higher Education

Students mainly worry about money – to the point where the NUS found one in 10 were using food banks – as do parents forced to top up maintenance loans that barely cover the rent. Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading.

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These college programs are helping students afford basic needs amid skyrocketing rent

University Business

The University of New Mexico discovered yesterday that across the state’s college and university system, 60% or more of its students suffered basic needs insecurity, such as food and housing. In January, 49% of students at 39 Washington higher education institutions experienced food or housing insecurity.

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University of Northern Colorado continues to feed students: ‘It feels kind of like Christmas Day’

University Business

Over the past year, visits to the university’s Bear Pantry , which provides food for the community, more than doubled. Thanks to a new partnership developed over the summer with the Weld Food Bank , UNC is now able to bring a mobile version of its food bank to campus monthly. Read more from CBS News.

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