Student Finance
10,000s risk wasting money by choosing to repay their student loan when they don't have to
Tens of thousands of university leavers are risking wasting cash – in some cases over £20,000 – by voluntarily paying off their student loan even though they aren't earning enough to have to
24 May 2019
Top universities and MSE call for current student loan statement to be scrapped
MoneySavingExpert.com and the Russell Group of universities is calling on the Government to scrap the current student loan statement
13 May 2019
Studying in Scotland and struggling with money? This fund gives £900+ to nine out of 10 applicants
Almost 90% of applicants to a fund for students in financial difficulty in Scotland have been accepted in three years
23 March 2018
Huge spike in student loan reclaims - check if you can get £100s back
University leavers reclaimed more than £560,000 over the course of a month for student loans payments
13 February 2018
Started uni in or after 1998 and began repaying your loan 2002-2006? Your loan's being sold
The Government today formally restarted the process of selling off English student loans
31 October 2017
Labour peers fight 'grossly unfair' retrospective student loan hike
The Higher Education and Research Bill faced its second reading in the House of Lords this afternoon
6 December 2016
Erudio to contact graduates again over deferment deadline blunder
Student loans administrator Erudio is to write again to thousands of graduates to confirm new deferment deadlines
28 April 2016
Hidden retrospective hike in student loans repayments a 'disgrace'
Millions of graduates will have to repay more of their loans as the Government's U-turned on a promise it made
25 November 2015
Martin Lewis: The 10 changes I'd make to Britain
What would you tweak about the UK? I'm not talking about big contentious change – but quick fixes for life glitches
22 June 2015
Erudio admits sending letters to graduates quoting outdated regulations
Erudio admits it's sent out more letters quoting incorrect regulations and it has apologised over deferment form delays
30 March 2015
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UCAS backs down over debt ads - but not enough
20 September 2019
The university admissions service has partially backed down over the sending of emails which include advertising from a private student loan firm, but MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis is calling on it to go further. -
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20 September 2019
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Apple launches iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max – how to find the cheapest deals
19 September 2019
Tech giant Apple has unveiled its range of new iPhones - the iPhone 11, the 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max. It's also cut the price of its current models including the iPhone XR and iPhone 8.
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How much the Govt expects you to give your children for university
16 July 2019
Update Note 25 May 2017: The ready reckoners below have been updated with the new 2017/2018 living loan amounts. Also since first writing this blog, and seeing the strength of feeling it attracted, I have written an open letter to the Uni Minister asking him to start telling people about this. Yet sadly received his no we won’t...
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