Louise Theokritoff, 18, of Nottingham, who has just started at the University of Birmingham studying English and American literature, on the recession

"As a first-year student, the recession's impact seems fairly unimportant in relation to me. I came to university expecting huge expense, and I am prepared to rack up a large debt in the name of a further education and three years of partying. It's what I've always expected, really. Know what I mean?"