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Student Debt

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Labour student debt sell-off criticised »

The Lib Dems have criticised government plans to sell off the English student loan book in a bid to raise £26 billion. It comes as part of a wider plan to sell of public assets, including playing fields, libraries and council estates, in a bid t...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Laura McCaffrey | Read more »

Islamic finance could help student debt »

Islamic banking could help reduce student debt drastically according to Liaquat Ali, founder of an organisation aiming to reduce consumer debt. Mr Ali, who heads the Truly Interest Free project, will be speaking on the opportunities and benefits of in...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Madeleine Battersby | Read more »

New poll exposes student debt worries »

Student bills

Students expect to accrue tens of thousands of pounds worth of debt by the time they graduate, according to a survey published by Endsleigh Insurance this week. The research, which polled almost 2,000 students in the UK on matters of student debt in t...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Emma Towers | Read more »

One in three graduates not repaying student loans »

Student bills

One third of graduates from British universities cannot afford to pay back their student loans, claim the Liberal Democrats.The Lib Dem's innovation, universities and skills secretary, Stephen Williams described the situation as “shocking” ...

Tue 14 Oct 2008 | Read more »

Cap on tuition fees essential for equality, says NUS »

The National Union of Students (NUS) launched a new campaign calling for a review of the Higher Education funding system currently in place last month.The fifteen page report, 'Broke and Broken', reveals inherent flaws in the 2004 Higher Education Act,...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Corinne Redfern | Read more »

SNP breaks promise on student debt »

Alex Salmond and John Swinney

Students in Scotland have expressed dismay after the SNP shelved plans to scrap student debt. Nationalist finance minister John Swinney announced last Wednesday that the government would not deliver its manifesto promise to eliminate the debt accrued b...

Mon 19 Nov 2007 by , Sarah Clark | Read more »

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