Universities were sent a FOI request asking them to provide data for each academic semester/term since August 2020, broken down semester by semester. The data requested was: the number of applications received to the University hardship fund(s), number of applications granted (awards made), total £ value granted (sum of awards paid). We requested the data was split by UK students and international students.

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Tuition fee income and student numbers data has been sourced from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Some data (e.g. tuition fee income date from 2024-25) is not yet complete.

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