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  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    Lower earners to lose £30,000 from student loan changes, think-tank says

    Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates higher earners will pay back £20,000 less over their lifetimes

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Spring Statement
    Chancellor’s tax savings offset by changes to student loan repayments

    Economists warn that Spring Statement benefits older generations at expense of younger graduates

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Student loans: Should the Bank of Mum and Dad step in?

    Sweeping changes to university funding leave graduates — and parents — with difficult choices

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Lower earning graduates in England will see student loan repayments more than double

    Government’s own analysis of sweeping reforms finds changes will benefit higher earners

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    UK universities
    UK graduates to pay more as repayment threshold on loans lowered

    Middle earners to suffer most while move to £25,000 will benefit those on higher pay

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    Coronavirus economic impact
    UK to lose at least £15bn on Covid support due to fraud and error, MPs warn

    Public accounts committee says taxpayers have been exposed to ‘substantial, long-term financial risks’

  • Sunday, 13 February, 2022
    How to fund your MBA studies

    From scholarships and loans to sponsorship and savings, careful research repays the effort

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Overtaxed and underpaid: no wonder young investors love crypto

    Rising taxes and inflation are pushing young people further up the risk curve

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Graduates in England lose as loan repayment threshold is frozen

    Salary level kept at £27,295 in move to cut taxpayer funding of further education

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Education
    Student loan provider Navient agrees $1.85bn settlement with US states

    Company was accused of pushing borrowers into costly repayment plans as concerns grow about student debt

  • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
    News in-depthUS society
    Race and finance: the student loan trap

    College debt is weighing on the economic prospects of black Americans

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    Social affairs
    Muslim students call for interest-free alternative to student loans

    Prime minister urged to set up funding scheme

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    Best of FT Money 2021
    Best of FT Money 2021: Martin Lewis — Student loan changes could prompt fertility crisis

    Money Saving Expert tells Money Clinic podcast about likely impact of dropping repayment threshold

  • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
    James Purnell
    In defence of creative arts degrees

    Ministers who decry ‘soft’ subjects fail to recognise their contribution to the UK economy

  • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Student loans: a harsh financial lesson 

    Tax raid on ‘Generation Rent’ could result in ‘Generation No Pension’

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A flawed plan to raise student loan repayments

    Making vocational courses more attractive needs carrots, not just sticks

  • Sunday, 26 September, 2021
    UK universities
    No 10 plans to lower salary level at which graduates start repaying loans

    Bill to UK taxpayer deemed too high amid effort to encourage more students into vocational training

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    How should we teach young people about personal finance? Q&A

    Claer Barrett and Aimée Allam, director of FT Flic, answer your questions

  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    Camilla Cavendish
    Pandemic students have already paid a price — their loans need a rethink

    Governments are wrong to charge so much to a generation which has got a raw deal

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    UK consumer credit
    Covid leaves students with a bitter financial legacy

    Those at university have struggled in lockdown and their money problems are likely to persist beyond graduation day

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Should we make our daughter take out a student loan?

    The money we have saved for university costs could be used to build up a nest egg

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    Renting property
    Student rent strikers face threat of debt collectors

    Bristol university gives students in arrears 14 days to pay

  • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A new deal for the young: funding higher education fairly

    Cost of expanding university and vocational courses needs to be shared

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Students and parents pay £1bn on unused university housing

    While colleges have often given rebates during the pandemic, private landlords have not, sparking protests

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Students face second year of Covid money woes

    Many balk at paying rent for unused accommodation

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