• Postgraduate loans of £10,000 announced by government

    A new loan scheme was announced by the Chancellor in last week’s Autumn Statement that would entitle students seeking to study at a postgraduate level of up to £10,000. According to Mr Osborne, it will ‘revolutionise’ the access that students across the country will have to postgraduate education. Treasury forecasts predict that this loan...
  • NUS announces new manifesto for Students’ Unions ahead of 2015 General Election

    The National Union of Students (NUS) has launched a new manifesto entitled ‘New Deal for the Next Generation’, which outlines policy demands Students’ Unions and the student movement will push for before the General Election on 7 May 2015. Education, work and community are the three areas being addressed,...