One graduate’s demand, and what it says about the rest
A nursing graduate has told the BBC he has been asked to return a £10,000 maintenance loan paid while he studied, having completed the degree in good faith. Cases like this turn on whether a student could reasonably have known the payment was wrong — most could not, because the eligibility rule concerned how the course was delivered rather than anything the student did. Student finance explained covers assessments and appeals.
The state of student accommodation, from someone who ran it
A former chief executive of a student housing charity sets out where the accommodation market has got to: purpose-built supply aimed at the premium end, university halls raising rents ahead of maintenance support, and shared houses absorbing everyone priced out of both. It is the clearest single account of why rooms are harder to find and more expensive than five years ago. Finding student housing covers the search.