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MORE than one in four universities in Britain and Northern Ireland have foodbanks on campus, research by an education think tank has found.
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) looked across the 140 members of Universities UK, finding that 27 per cent had foodbanks to support students in hardship, a figure that rose to a third among the elite Russell Group of universities.
Foodbanks were more likely to be found on campuses in Wales and the south-west, north-east and south-east of England and least likely to be found in Northern Ireland and London, while 11 per cent of universities issued food vouchers to ensure that students had a meal.
The Department for Education was contacted for comment.
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