The evidence emerging over the last few days is signalling that in actual fact the supposed 'youth surge' may not be the only (or indeed primary) reason for Labour's turnaround. Indeed,
Labour led among everyone under 50,
youth turnout was at 57% (and not the reported 72%), and furthermore,
a higher proportion of youths voted Labour in 2015 than they did this year. So it seems they did a pretty good job of attracting a variation of voters...doesn't give much credence to students searching for 'freebies' argument does it.
But since we're here, speaking of education: