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Student finance

October 2023

  • Natalia Gromek

    University students in England ‘have 50p a week to live on after rent’

  • Observer Parenting supplement illustration by Phil Hackett

    Does your 12 year old have a pension yet? The best financial advice for every stage of your child’s life

September 2023

  • Manchester Metropolitan University

    ‘It’s quite depressing’: the UK students struggling to find accommodation

  • The Ikea furniture store, shop, Brent Park, London

    UK student deals: top discounts and freebies to make the most of your money

  • Two women moving in to apartment carrying a box of possessions and household objects upstairs

    Fairy lights and family photos: how to decorate your student room on a budget

  • Person holding a shopping basket in a supermarket

    Going to university? How to budget and make the most of your cash

  • University Guide 2024
    How to afford university: loans, scholarships, budgeting and more

  • University Guide 2024
    Is it worth going to university? We ask the experts

August 2023

  • Leilani Farha

    Student housing used to be affordable. Why has it become an ‘asset class’ to enrich the already wealthy?

    Leilani Farha
  • A student sitting at a desk in front of learning material.

    UK universities offer three-day-week to let students find part-time work

  • A man getting cash from a Halifax bank ATM cash machine, Norwich UK<br>DH09BT A man getting cash from a Halifax bank ATM cash machine, Norwich UK

    UK students: what’s your advice for people applying to university?

  • Illustration: Jamie Wignall - a student wearing mortar board hat and gown surfing on a bank credit card

    Money hacks
    How to choose the best UK student bank account

  • Brief letters
    University is out of reach for poor rural students

  • One in three of England’s university starters ‘may live at home’ this year

  • ‘I’m better off at home’: UK commuter student says moving out not an option

  • UK school leavers: have you been turned off university over affordability concerns?

  • UK graduates paid back £100m in student loans while below threshold

June 2023

  • Students at graduation

    Student loan debt in England surpasses £200bn for first time

    Graduates now owe an average amount of £45,000, Student Loans Company figures have revealed
  • University graduates in cap and gowns

    Labour vows to overhaul planned Tory changes to student loan system

    Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says party would reduce monthly repayments for graduates
  • Gaby Hinsliff

    Millennials are a growing electoral force, and their thinking on tax is a gamechanger

    Gaby Hinsliff
    Young people are hostile to income redistribution. It’s not because they’re rightwing – they simply pay too much tax already, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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