Author: Mintel Group Ltd.
Last saved by: HTTP server

Student Lifestyles - UK - December 2018

OVERVIEW
What you need to know
Report scope
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Demographic Overview
Student numbers return to growth
Figure 1: Students by level of study, 2000/01 to 2016/17
Brexit sparks rise in EU student numbers
University gender gap reaches record levels
Student finances hold up well
The consumer
Learning boosts opportunities for earning
Figure 2: Top reasons for going to university, October 2018
An opportunity for student mental health campaigns
Figure 3: Attitudes towards aspects of student life, October 2018
Students keep alcohol costs to minimum
Figure 4: Student expenditure on a monthly and weekly basis (Mean spend), October 2018
Modern students more practical than the stereotype suggests …
Figure 5: Student confidence in carrying out domestic tasks, October 2018
Over a fifth of students keep active every day
Figure 6: Frequency of selected activities, October 2018
What we think
ISSUES AND INSIGHTS 
Student drinking culture dries up
The facts
The implications
Student mental health: offering a helping hand
The facts
The implications
DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Student numbers return to growth
Brexit sparks rise in EU student numbers
University gender gap reaches record levels
Student fees under review
Student finances hold up well
Living situation
DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW: STUDENTS
Student numbers return to growth
Figure 7: Students by level of study, 2000/01 to 2016/17
Brexit sparks rise in EU student numbers
Figure 8: HE student enrolments, by domicile, 2012/13 to 2016/17
University gender gap reaches record levels
Figure 9: HE student enrolments, by gender, 2012/13 to 2016/17
Gender stereotypes persist
Figure 10: HE student enrolments, by course type and gender, 2016/17
Figure 11: US Ad Council “She Can Stem” campaign, September 2018
DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW: STUDENT FINANCES
Student fees under review
Student finances hold up well
Figure 12: How students describe their current financial situation, October 2018
Figure 13: How students describe their current financial situation, by gender, October 2018
Living situation
Figure 14: Current living situation, by duration at university, October 2018
THE CONSUMER – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Learning boosts opportunities for earning
The important social aspect of student life
Students struggle to get enough sleep
An opportunity for student mental health campaigns
Student life no longer centres on heavy drinking
Boosting student recycling habits
Confidence levels align with gender roles
A more grown-up approach towards student life
Over a fifth of students keep active every day
REASONS FOR GOING TO UNIVERSITY 
University still about learning …
Figure 15: Top reasons for going to university, by gender, October 2018
… But also the prospects of a career boost
Figure 16: Top reasons for going to university, October 2018
Boys learn to boost earnings
Figure 17: Men and Boys Coalition, November 2018
The important social aspect of student life
ATTITUDES TOWARDS STUDENT LIFESTYLES 
Students struggle to get enough sleep
Figure 18: Attitudes towards aspects of student life, October 2018
Figure 19: Sleep 101 initiative, August 2018
A desire for more mental health support
Figure 20: Attitudes towards aspects of student life, by gender, October 2018
An opportunity for student-focused mental health campaigns
Figure 21: LEGO ‘Need an escape?’ campaign, October 2018
Student drinking culture on the wane
STUDENT SPENDING HABITS
Housing costs dominate student spending
Figure 22: Students’ expenditure on rent and mobile phone on a monthly basis (mean spend), October 2018
Figure 23: Students’ expenditure on rent on a monthly basis (mean spend), by university region, October 2018
Student food and drink spend approaches family average
Figure 24: Weekly term time expenditure (mean spend), October 2018
Opportunities for low- and no-alcohol drinks market
Figure 25: Weekly term time expenditure on alcohol (mean spend), by age and gender, October 2018
Figure 26: Heineken “Now You Can” campaign, July 2018
CONFIDENCE IN CARRYING OUT DOMESTIC TASKS
Modern students more practical than the stereotype suggests …
Figure 27: Confidence in carrying out domestic tasks, October 2018
… Albeit confidence in their recycling habits may be misplaced
Figure 28: Garnier and dosomething.org ‘Rinse, Recycle, Repeat’ campaign, March 2018
Confidence levels align with gender roles
Figure 29: Proportion of students “not very confident” or “not at all confident” (NET) carrying out selected domestic tasks, by gender, October 2018
Students prove less confident when it comes to managing their finances
FREQUENCY OF ACTIVITIES
A more grown-up approach towards student life
Figure 30: Frequency of selected activities, October 2018
Over a fifth of students keep active every day …
… But female students continue to lag behind
Figure 31: Frequency of selected activities – exercise, by gender, October 2018
Linking exercise and mental health
Figure 32: David Lloyd Gym’s ‘Vitamin Me’ class, October 2018
Is student drinking culture on the wane?
Figure 33: How frequently students drink alcohol, by gender, October 2018
APPENDIX – DATA SOURCES, ABBREVIATIONS AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Abbreviations
Consumer research methodology
APPENDIX – DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW
Figure 34: Female – Trends in HE student enrolments, by course type, 2014/15-2016/17
Figure 35: Male – Trends in HE student enrolments, by course type, 2014/15-2016/17
Figure 36: All students – Trends in HE student enrolments, by course type, 2014/15-2016/17
Figure 37: Trends in levels of HE enrolments, by sex, 2014/15-2016/17

This report is supplied in accordance with Mintel's terms and conditions.  
© Mintel Group Ltd.