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70%

70% -- share of students skipping required textbook purchases for UK university students (2021)

Name: Share Of Students Skipping Required Textbook Purchases Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-04

2021 · n=1,000 · BibliU

70% of UK university students have skipped buying necessary textbooks and learning materials.

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Value

70%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2021

Entity

UK university students

Sample Size

1,000

Geography

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

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BibliU Primary Tier A

https://bibliu.com/in-the-news/uk-students-skipped-buying-textbooks ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2021 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

70% of UK students have skipped buying course-required textbooks

Original Research

BibliU · Original study ↗

Methodology

Survey by BibliU in collaboration with Censuswide of 1,000 UK university students, 30 September - 7 October 2021

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Trend Over Time

Period	Value	Change
2021 (current)	70%
2022	70%	0%

Segmentation

Industrymarketing RegionUK

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UK university students: 70% share of students skipping required textbook purchases. Source: BibliU (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-students-skipped-buying-textbooks-2021

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