Provide support for students from low income families to enable them to complete university
1.3 University anti-poverty programmes
1.3.3 Does your university as a body provide support (e.g. food, housing, transportation, legal services) for students from low income families to enable them to complete university?
Evidence
Provide support (e.g. food, housing, transportation, legal services) for students from low income families to enable them to complete university.
☑ Free
☑ Subsidised
VRU provides support for students from low income families by providing the following facilities:
- Canteen
VRU has a canteen service that provides a variety of food choices on campus. This service is particularly suitable for low income students to purchase healthy food at affordable prices. There are currently 2 canteens on campus which are VRU food center and VRU food center 2.
- Canteen
VRU has a canteen service that provides a variety of food choices on campus. This service is particularly suitable for low income students to purchase healthy food at affordable prices. There are currently 2 canteens on campus which are VRU food center and VRU food center 2.
Figure1 Canteen service
- Accommodation
VRU offers student accommodation on campus at affordable prices. There are 1,094 spaces available in total, of which, 164 spaces are for male students and 930 spaces are for female students. In the past year, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the university has provided additional support for students who live on campus by reducing accommodation fees by 50%. In addition, VRU Food Center has helped dormitory students by selling food in front of their accommodation in order to reduce the risk of travelling outside the university area as well as complying with the social-distancing regulations.
Figure 2 Accommodations service on campus
- University transportation services
VRU provides the university-operated shuttle bus service free of charge to transport students around campus. Accordingly, the students can conveniently travel around campus without additional costs.
Figure 3 shuttle bus service