The financial crisis has undoubtedly been at the forefront of everyone’s mind recently but it has finally reached fever pitch.

We’ve looked at it nationally; city workers waving tenners instead of fifties at the G20 protesters, and we’ve looked locally; spending hours dwelling on the fate of Gillingham and Chatham highstreets in this devastating time. But has anyone looked even closer to home?

Here in our very own Centre for Journalism the effect of the credit crunch is starting to show.

Will this financial crisis ever end?

Bring on the next instalment of our student loan I say!