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    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      The UK needs a new deal for its highly taxed graduates

      Repayments under the student loan system hinder their potential contributions to the economy

    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      Minouche Shafik
      How to fix the UK’s higher and further education finance system

      There are precedents for what works — cross-party agreement on reforms that can be sustained for a generation

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      US politics & policy
      US Supreme Court conservatives cast doubt on Biden’s student loan relief

      Majority of justices express scepticism about administration’s $400bn programme

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      UK universities
      Warning of hardship for English students over size of rise in financial support

      Russell Group of universities hits out at government’s below-inflation increase in maintenance loans

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Social affairs
      Students hit by cost of living crunch

      91 per cent of undergraduates worried about cost of living pressures, survey says

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      UK public finances
      Treasury bails out BoE for first losses on QE programme

      Central bank requires funding after raising interest rates but payments have no effect on overall public finances

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      James Hymers
      Should you pay your child’s university fees up front?

      Avoiding the student loan system will benefit graduates for decades to come

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Social affairs
      Students battle to stay afloat in cost of living crisis

      Experts warn of undergraduate poverty and an increased gap between rich and poor

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Biden’s imperfect but necessary plan to tackle student debt

      America’s mountain of college loans harms rather than helps social mobility

    • Monday, 29 August, 2022
      Stephen Bush
      Governments should beware the politics of tuition fees

      Joe Biden’s student debt deal shows how powerful graduates have become

    • Sunday, 28 August, 2022
      LexUS politics & policy
      US universities: Chinese cohort needed to ease debt pressure Premium content

      Most schools expect number of foreign students to recover from pandemic lows this academic year

    • Saturday, 27 August, 2022
      How US student loan debt has weighed down a generation of borrowers

      FT survey highlights the wide-ranging financial consequences that education debt burdens have had on Americans

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      US student debt relief is an economic nothingburger

      Goldman Sachs doubts the impact on growth and inflation will be noticeable

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      US politics & policy
      Biden’s student debt cancellation triggers ‘inflationary fire’ fears

      President fulfils campaign pledge by wiping out billions in loan payments but economists worry it will stoke price rises

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      US politics & policy
      Biden to cancel $10,000 of student debt for millions of Americans

      Move likely to please progressive Democrats but threatens to further stoke inflation

    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      Harvard Business School
      Harvard to offer free MBA tuition to lowest-income students

      Business school says it wants to remove ‘financial barriers’ as it looks to increase diversity among its learners

    • Saturday, 13 August, 2022
      On Wall StreetGary Silverman
      The $1.6tn student debt quandary hanging over the US economy

      Decision whether to lift moratorium on federal loan payments will affect millions of borrowers

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Cost of living crisis
      Money Clinic Podcast: How much is high inflation costing you?

      Experts give practical tips to help manage rising prices and higher interest rates

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      LexEducation
      US education: soaring costs will curb recessionary admissions surge Premium content

      There has been a fundamental shift in attitudes towards the value of a college degree

    • 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’

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