Parents Guide to Student Finance
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Students have to borrow, it’s as simple as that; yet it’s not debt you should worry about, but bad debt.No one in the UK should be put off studying because of student debt – do it right and it shouldn’t be a problem.

This guide has been produced in co-operation with the Department for Education, and should help show parents how student finance works, and how to get your kids into higher education with less of a burden.

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Who's it for?

Any parents who are sending their son or daughter to university or may be doing so in the next few years. The booklet explains what you and your child need to know about funding university, from the student support package, through to student bank accounts and part-time jobs.

Why this guide?

I feel very passionately that no-one should be put off studying because of worries about money or debts and my hope is that this guide will show you there’s no need to be discouraged. Last year I wrote a Students' Guide to Student Finance, which I have relinquished my copyright on, if any parents/teachers/students unions want to distribute it. Plaudits to the Department for Education, which spotted it, and together we’ve worked on this guide for parents, which it's paying to be printed and distributed.