Recommendation 64

As Matt Crilly, President of NUS Scotland, pointed out to us, an important factor is that the areas of the economy worst hit by the pandemic—particularly the hospitality sector—are the same areas of the economy that students typically rely on for their part- time work.149 In September 2020 there were reports of students who were self-isolating “being forced to call security begging for food.”150 Student-led social media reports at another Scottish university stated that food packages delivered to certain self-isolating students were expired, whilst allergen and religious dietary requirements for other students were ignored.151 Reports elsewhere at Scottish universities suggested that ‘junk food’ was delivered to self-isolating students.152