studentfinance

President Joe Biden wasted no time getting his feet under the Oval Office desk.  In his first day in the new job after taking over from Donald Trump, the new president signed 17 executive orders, or ways for him to get things done without waiting for Congress to pass laws. As well as rejoining the … Read more

Tenancy agreements should have break clauses in the event of a second wave of Covid-19, plead students in rental digs 89% of students and 91% of parents would like such a break clause included It would mean being able to return home if their university were to close And not being liable for any remaining … Read more

Many university students are being threatened with legal action from letting agents and private landlords unless they pay for accommodation they signed up to until the end of the academic year.  Others have hit a brick wall in trying to get refunds for rent already paid on digs for the summer term – sums typically … Read more

The closure of university campuses in response to the coronavirus has not stopped a number of big corporate providers of student accommodation – and private landlords – from demanding full rent from tenants for their final term. This is despite the vast majority of students having followed university advice, gone back to their parents, and … Read more

Jack Legind, 25, could save more than £2,000 in student loan interest over five years if the Government swapped the ‘flawed’ retail prices index measure of inflation with CPIH Debt-saddled university graduates could save thousands of pounds in interest charged on student loans if the Government follows through with proposals to scrap a flawed measure … Read more

Graduates are now leaving university with debts so high they are unlikely to ever pay them off — perhaps even if they go straight into a job paying £48,000. The cost of getting a degree now lumbers students with a colossal average debt of £50,000, and high interest rates mean most won’t pay it back … Read more