postgraduate loans

With SU elections just around the corner, Impact News sat down with Elliott Denham, Students’ Union Postgraduate Officer, to discuss the successes and challenges of his year in office. How have you found your year in office? Very interesting. The role is so all-encompassing. I do not have a specific remit,...

Russell Group universities have criticised the age restriction the government is set to place on postgraduate loans, which will see those over the age of 30 miss out on the extra funding. In December 2014, the government announced that postgraduate loans of up to £10,000 will become available to...

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...