Energy bills: students should beware surprise charges
Universities call for return of maintenance grants for students in England
August 2022
Most UK medical students struggle to afford essentials, survey finds
BMA reports six in 10 are going without food, clothing and heating, raising fears some will drop out and worsen NHS staffing crisis
Student loan interest rates cut again as inflation and cost of living soar
DfE says maximum rate in England and Wales will be fixed at 6.3%, having previously reduced it to 7.3%
‘I feel I’m moving backwards’: new UK graduates hit by cost of living crisis
Job insecurity, soaring prices and rising rents mean ‘the class of 2022’ faces difficult decisions
July 2022
Homeless students on rise in UK amid cost of living crisis
PhD students told to consider selling Avon products to make ends meet
June 2022
Student loan interest rate to be capped at 7.3% in autumn, says DfE
Ministers intervene to stop interest rate in England and Wales reaching 12% with inflation by September
May 2022
Fear of 12% interest on student loans will put many off university, top Tories warn
Inflation-linked rise will deter poorer school-leavers from entering higher education in England and Wales, say former ministers
Your problems, with Anna Tims
NHS wants to take back my grant for paramedic training
I’ve been paid £1,300, but now I’ve been told I don’t qualify for the money and must return it
Student loan changes in England ‘could imperil supply of teachers and nurses’
Less well-off young people may be put off university, hitting supply of graduates in key sectors, says review
April 2022
Poorer students will bear the brunt of costly loans
Letter: Dianne Nelmes says the grants she got in the 1970s enabled her to go to university, while today underprivileged students are saddled with ever more debt
I’ll tell you what these workshy students need: an interest-rate hike and more debt!
Joel Golby
Look, I wouldn’t choose to financially support the 20-year-old me, either. But I do know that university is just a good thing, says Guardian writer Joel Golby
Graduates to be hit with ‘brutal’ student loan interest rates of up to 12%
Most recent graduates in England and Wales will be charged 9% from September amid rising retail prices index
March 2022
I saved cash by quitting a student room to become a petsitter
This government’s latest education innovation? Shutting poorer students out of university
Hillary Gyebi-Ababio
Under-30s pay the highest price for the UK’s cost-of-living crisis
Thousands of students drop out of university as pandemic takes its toll
Student loan plans will lead to greater inequality
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
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