Whingeing students may be a W standard feature of university life in England but this autumn the grievances have been genuine. When term started, many who had applied on time had nonetheless not received the government grants and loans to which they were entitled. An investigation published on December 8th by Sir Deian Hopkin, the interim vice-chancellor of the University of East London, found that students are still waiting for their money, including some who should have got extra because they are disabled or have young children. Reluctant to see their charges going hungry and homeless, university administrators are dipping into institutional pockets, shelling out an average of about ￡100,000 and spending time on such non-core matters as explaining the situation to irate nurseries.
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