Strathclyde students facing cuts to financial advice service

Tue, 22 Nov 2011

Students at the University of Strathclyde are facing massive cuts to the amount of time they are given for face-to-face financial advice .

The University of Strathclyde Students' Association (USSA) - Scotland's biggest students' union - has labelled the decision to make the drop-in service available for only 13 hours a week as "detrimental", the Journal reports.

According to the higher education establishment, the reason behind the move is so it can focus on dealing with a high volume of applications.

It means youngsters may not be able to get help with issues such as council tax, grants and emergency aid, which could result in them racking up unnecessary debts.

Cat Morton, vice-president for services at the USSA, stated: "When students are finding the issue of funding and financial support more prevalent than ever we should be ensuring that we are doing all we can to offer them advice and support."

She added this move will hamper people and could even affect their further education experience.

A spokeswoman for the university said it will still aim to provide advice as quickly as possible.
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