Increase bursaries and grants! Increase loan funding! Halt energy bill rises! Control rent! And for the love of god, fund our universities properly! Read more in HEPI's report.

It’s time for the Government to step up to ensure all students can continue to study at University without worrying about putting food on the table, or working unreasonable hours to balance the books. If they don’t, we are facing a new landscape of inequality.

In Scotland, the rent freeze has virtually no impact on student who leave over summer as landlords get to jack up the rent by sometimes as much as 100% (!!!). https://t.co/6pqreXsgf8

Despite this, the U.K. Governments continue to refuse a real terms increase in student loan funding. They refuse to legislate so young people are paid a fair wage. EVERY household in the UK got £400 this year to help with energy bills. Except students in halls.

Student rent has increased by over 34% in the last 3 years, according to NUS. Students are facing the same catastrophic increases in energy bills, they are facing the same increases in food and transport to get to University. All whilst trying to study full time for a degree.

On top of that, the majority of students get paid far less than their older colleagues simply because of their age (up to £3 less an hour, almost 1/3 if their entire wage!). If you're under 18, it's HALF. Yet the do the same work and face the same increases in their living costs.

It also means the pattern of your shifts change; one week you might be working Tuesday, the next you might be on Thursday during a time when you’ve got class or a lecture. Students have no choice but to miss important classes, or face being given no shifts at all.

What’s often forgotten about is the nature of student work. The rise of the gig economy means those jobs are often zero hours with insecure contracts. You don’t know how much money you’ll be getting from one week to the next. How can anyone reasonable live like that?

During the cost-of-living crisis, alongside stagnated funding, students are working more hours in their part time job than ever before. But that work is often underpaid, insecure and the Government needs to step in fast if we want to protect a whole generation of students. 🧵

Students in part time work deserve security, dignity and fair pay in their work. St Andrews shared their own experiences on Saturday. You can catch us on Money Box on BBC Sounds if you missed it it on BBC 4!

Good luck to everyone expecting SQA exam results tomorrow. 🤞 #EverToExcel

But by coming together, we can fight for those in our community who need our help most. And I stand ready to support you, our members and students, our staff and our local community in that fight. Catch me at president@st-andrews.ac.uk, and I'll see you in September ✊

We've got some big issues facing our community. Accommodation is unaffordable, the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit hard, our staff suffer through low pay and the Scottish Government has wiped out funding for our Universities in the last weeks...

I join a team of 6 Sabbatical officers. We are full time student officers, here to make sure every aspect of your student experience is advocated for - from housing and education, to sports clubs and student societies.

New Prez Alert 🚨 Let me introduce myself: I'm Barry, and I'm your next Association President at @standrewsunion. I'm here to make sure that your voice is heard, your concerns addressed and ensure you are fairly represented at all levels of the University and local community.

This will be my last tweet through the president’s account, from now on you’ll be hearing from Barry Will, the new president. If you’d like to keep up with me on Twitter, you can follow my personal account in @JuanP_Rod

Yesterday was the last day of the 2022-2023 sabbs. We worked till five and then celebrated the end of the year together in the office. I will miss these guys, they are amazing individuals, hard workers and resilient representatives. All the best Ailsa, Noah, Lucy, Sam and Emma!

St Andrews will hold a vigil to show our community’s support for women, students & protesters facing violence & oppression in Iran. 🗓 Thursday 13 October 5pm 📍 Lower College Lawn All welcome. Please RT. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/vLa69Y1Tcg #EverToExcel #WomenLifeFreedom

Deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, a remarkable and committed head of State. I want to offer my condolences to her family, especially to our alumni the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and to all those affected by her loss.

I want to give our students a very warm welcome to St Andrews. We officially started orientation week today and it has been lovely to see everybody so excited and thrilled about a new year that feels like a return to normal life after the pandemic. Happy Freshers Week!