9/4/26: weekend students told to hand back their loans
Students on weekend-delivered courses at 15 English universities have been told to return maintenance loans and grants paid to them, with one couple estimating they may jointly owe more than…
Students on weekend-delivered courses at 15 English universities have been told to return maintenance loans and grants paid to them, with one couple estimating they may jointly owe more than…
With proximity to home now the fourth most important factor in choosing a university, an analysis argues the Department for Transport’s plans ignore how students travel — the bus routes that do…
Interest on Plan 2 student loans in England has been capped at 6 per cent. Plan 2 covers most people who started an English undergraduate course between 2012 and 2023, and the cap limits how fast…
With the new tax year beginning, the Student Loans Company has published the full history of annual repayment thresholds for Plan 1, Plan 2, Plan 4 and postgraduate loans. Which plan you are on…
The Prime Minister joined the Union of Jewish Students and Jewish student leaders in Birmingham for a mock Seder and a roundtable, in a year when campus tension over the Middle East has been…
A follow-up looking at how the US-Iran war affects international students in the UK — the bank transfers that stop, the passports that cannot be renewed, the visas that depend on a sponsor who…
Students at London Metropolitan University, Solent University and elsewhere are considering legal action after £190 million in maintenance loans was issued by mistake. The question for anyone…
Applicants for Chevening scholarships — the UK government’s own flagship awards — describe what the visa brake means for them, including an Afghan graduate whose studies ended when the Taliban…
Two education researchers set out the likely effects of the Gulf conflict and rising oil prices on UK universities: higher energy bills against fixed fee income, disrupted recruitment from…
The government’s emergency brake on study visas applies to students from Sudan, Afghanistan, Cameroon and Myanmar. It is the policy behind this year’s High Court case and appeal, and it operates…