That's exactly the kind of nonsensical response i'd expected!!!
How many families do you know who are living on 10k exactly?
And this comparison with university life is technically flawed: University students get student loans, access to further financial support if they find themselves in real trouble, subsidised housing, great transport links to and from their place of study, tax exemptions...and the list goes on!!
Although it refers to itself as a college, Bournemouth is in fact a place of work and so the students (employees is a more accurate term) should be rewarded accordingly.
Don't patronise these people by telling them to 'suck it up'