1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (468+ words) A group of masters students from Ghana say they have been unable to graduate from Loughborough University after the Ghanian government failed to pay their tuition fees. The six students completed studies, in Leicestershire, in September as part of a…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1028+ words) It is "unhelpful and unrealistic" to suggest that higher tuition fees would lead to students paying more money back. That is according to a submission to a Westminster committee of MPs from Ulster University (UU). The university said many students…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1011+ words) Comparing student loan repayments to phone contracts or cinema tickets "amounted to mis-selling" by government, a group of MPs has said. In a new report, the Treasury Committee also said students were not told clearly enough loan terms could change…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (482+ words) A graduate who says he owes £30,000 more than he borrowed to go to university says the system is hitting people from working class and middle-income backgrounds hardest. Marketing specialist Matthew Brown, 29, from Gosforth in Newcastle, has undergraduate and masters degrees…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (894+ words) Thousands of people have told a parliamentary inquiry that they did not understand the terms and conditions on their student loans before they took them out. More than 52,000 people responded to a call for evidence by the Treasury Committee for…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (279+ words) Warwickshire seamer Richard Gleeson has signed for Indian Premier League leaders Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The 38-year-old, who has played six T20s for England, will replace Sri Lanka's Nuwan Thushara after he was not granted permission to play by his country's cricket…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (28+ words) 'I asked to borrow £1,000 from loan sharks - this is what they said' BBC 'I asked to borrow £1,000 from loan sharks - this is what they said'...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (815+ words) Around 22,000 university students who were told they would have to urgently repay maintenance loans and childcare grants that were given to them in error have been given a reprieve. The government has announced that the affected loans will be repaid…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (589+ words) Around 22,000 university students who were told they would have to urgently repay maintenance loans and childcare grants that were given to them in error have been given a reprieve. The government has announced that the affected loans will be repaid…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (848+ words) Nine universities have begun legal action against the government in a row over students being asked to repay loans as soon as possible. About 22,000 students in England are caught up in the dispute, after being sent letters saying they were…...