Posts Tagged ‘ Student Debt ’

According to Lord Browne’s report into tuition fees a degree is now worth ‘just’ £2,500 a year to ‘graduates’. This equates to £100,000 over a lifetime, after tax. This figure, however, doesn’t include student debt. So, is university worth it, from a purely financial point of view when student debt is included?
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It’s September, and as I write this hundreds of thousands of people (including myself) are preparing to head off to University. It’s meant to be a fantastic time: living for yourself, getting away from home, meeting new people. But for a worryingly large amount of people it won’t be, since they’re starting term without any...
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Student debt is set to rise to £23,500, according to the Push, the university guide. This is quite a lot of money, but as I’ve argued before, it’s less than you think. It’s certainly less than the £83,000 the Telegraph argue that a typical three year BA will cost once tuition fees increase. Here...
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The current economic climate seems to be offering two options to people graduating this year: Job Centre or masters. Students are taking to the latter choice in droves, which is good from the government’s point of view because it means they’ll all be going cap in hand to their parents or the banks to round...
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When a university student leaves education, most will have thousands of pounds worth of debt. Tuition fee loans and maintenance loans all add up to a pretty hefty sum of money. We will all, or the majority of us at least, be sent out into the world with a massive debt on our shoulders...
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Student debt. Two words that set the pulses racing, students screeching and politicians cowering. Every year university seems to get more expensive – mainly because it does. Tuition fees creep up, as the cap is subtly raised to account for inflation. Student accommodation becomes swankier and thus pricier. When you graduate you will almost...
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