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Bigger Student Loans
Opinion by Ben on 11 Dec 06
Tags: students, funding, loans, education, university, slc, government spending, poverty, access for all
Category: Society >> Education
Country: Europe >> United Kingdom
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I think that: I think it is entirely fair for students to pay back their living expenses at inflation matching rates of interest, but loans need to be bigger.

Because: The current maximum is around £4000, which isn't enough to live on. This should vary more with the needs of the student/course (currently only London gets more - though most of the south east is a lot more expensive than up north) If Tony Blair is serious about getting 50% into university, he needs to make it affordable for all. Not everyone has rich parents, and not everyone can work in holidays (because there aren't jobs where they live, or their course requires them to do fieldwork, etc)

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2007-08-11 18:50

Have you tried getting a poverty grant? I know Single parents usually get preference, however the goverment did say they were injecting more funds or was that more spin?

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