Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2007/08

This is an extensive government publication based on a survey of full-time and part-time students at higher education institutions and further education colleges pursuing undergraduate courses during the 2007/08 academic year http://www.dius.gov.uk/research_and_analysis/~/media/publications/D/DIUS-RR-09-05

At the least, I think it is worth looking at chapter 8, student choices and attitudes, pages 243 to 252, which builds on the finding that when "Students were asked whether the student funding and financial support available to them affected their decisions about HE study in any way. Just over 30 per cent of both full- and part-time students responded that it did."