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University in the U.K. are having such a time making ends meet that they are resorting to measures. Many have turned to gambling, taking out -interest loans and even selling their to cover their living . The financial website Save the Student (StS) questioned 1,900 students about their . It discovered that the average student received $750 a month from the government in the of a student loan. However, average living expenses amounted to $1,170 a month. This leaves a monthly of $420. Students have made up the difference in a variety of ways, some of which would cause parents a considerable amount of .

The StS poll found that 71 per cent of students relied on for extra income, while 65 per cent had a part-time . Around 46 per cent turned to banks for an . Seven per cent of the students who took part in the said that they had "sold their body" to earn additional cash. Others reported taking in medical trials for money. Twelve per cent of students said that they had tried to supplement their income, while three per cent took out loans with interest rates. One student said: "It's frustrating when you're already paying off credit cards at 19." Save the Student said the government were "out of touch with individual circumstances and student ".

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