• Students Warned About Maintenance Loan Scam

    Many fraudsters target students as victims, particularly at the times their student loan payment is due to arrive (in September, January, and April). The Student Loans Company has reported that there is currently a text message scam circulating, where students are told that their maintenance loan is ready and...
  • Universities criticised for rip-off fees

    According to a new report by the government’s spending watchdog, only a third of university students believe their degree courses offer value for money. The number of students satisfied with their courses has fallen significantly from half in 2012, indicating that students, who undertake huge loans, are widely failed...
  • The cost of student living: The middle-income children are frozen out

    The cost of living as a student, the cost of study for a student, and the total debt students come out of university with are all going up. They’ve been going up for years now. Housing prices have risen by nearly a quarter since 2009, according to NUS figures, the...