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Coronavirus: Students 'selling clothes to pay rent'
Aug 10, 2020
Some students have been selling their clothes to pay rent after plans to work fell through due to the pandemic.
It comes as two Welsh universities said they had seen a large increase in students applying for hardship grants since April - designed to help those in financial difficulty.
University support services said many students had reported that either they or their parents had lost their jobs.
Rowan Maddock, 19, said she was "struggling" to make ends meet.
Speaking from the garden of her new student house in Cardiff, Rowan said she is already concerned she cannot afford to live there.
Despite applying for about 60 jobs in Cardiff and her home town of Swindon to help supplement her student loan and pay living costs, Rowan said many companies had not even replied.
"Everyone talks about being a 'broke student'," she said.
"So I was expecting there to be times where things would be tight, but I wasn't expecting to be put in a position where I physically can't make ends meet."
Image caption Rowan's father is at risk of redundancy so she is not willing to ask her parents to help
Rowan, who is going into the second year of her English Literature and Creative Writing course at Cardiff University, said she had been selling her own clothes and technology on apps and online.
"I didn't think that I'd ever have to sell belongings that I actually like and don't want to get rid of but I'm having to make ends meet."
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