World Access to Higher Education Day: Raising Global Awareness Around Inequalities in Access to Higher Education

Financial accessibility remains one of the major barriers. Besides tuition fees, students have to bear external costs that take up most of their monthly budget. Housing costs take up the biggest part of students’ budgets across Europe, averaging at around 26%. In addition to these spendings, students still have to afford merely sustaining themselves and covering the costs directly related to higher education. More...