Students

MoneySavingExpert.com and parenting site Mumsnet have joined forces to launch an urgent petition urging politicians to ensure financial education becomes a compulsory part of the national curriculum.

Thousands of students could be forced to give up their studies after the Open University's (OU) decision to pull a scheme that offers existing undergraduates free education using Tesco vouchers.

Heads are expected to roll at the beleaguered Student Loans Company (SLC) after a damning report today criticised the firm's handling of the student finance system.

The Government has confirmed student loan rates will not rise for borrowers as a result the planned sale of the loan book.

A mammoth 175,000 students are still waiting to receive loans and grants even though their courses have already started, an investigation revealed today.

Today is a revolutionary day. Of the 3.7 million holders of outstanding Student Loans Company loans – many in their 20s and 30s – 400,000 will see their interest rate go negative.

Three hundred thousand university hopefuls getting their A-Level results today face the prospect of graduating with over £23,000 debt, a new report reveals. Yet this misses the real crux for students: the difference between good and bad debt.

Hundreds of thousands of students are graduating this summer and now is the time to choose the best current account.

Halifax has told a student the maximum overdraft allowed in year one of studies is £1,750, though its adverts state a £3,000 limit.