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Posts from the ‘Student loans and student debt’ Category

Student support review #7: more trouble with comparisons on December 3, 2017

How should the SG count money that has to be paid back? Consistently would be a start. on November 26, 2017

Student support review #6: filling a gap in the review report and the case for accepting its recommendation in HE on November 24, 2017

Student support review #5: changes to loan scheme – welcome, but there’s a dislocation between claims and evidence on November 22, 2017

The review of student support #2: its consideration of grants vs loans on November 21, 2017

Latest Scottish student support statistics: claimants for YSB no longer falling but remain historically low on October 31, 2017

Draft response to the Scottish Government’s student support review on August 22, 2017

The rise, fall and rise of student debt in Scotland and the contribution of different administrations to debt gaps within the UK on June 16, 2017

Student loan for Scottish 2016 leavers up 13% on June 15, 2017

Student debt and grants in Scotland: a summary on May 30, 2017

Modelling a different approach to fees and grants in Scotland on May 15, 2017

Average student borrowing across the UK in 2015-16: not as different as you might expect on December 2, 2016

Average annual student borrowing across the UK 2014-15: Scotland’s claim to lowest debt under challenge on December 3, 2015

“Why” is always a good question on October 30, 2015

Student loans now the Scottish Government’s most valuable financial asset on October 4, 2015

The quiet sale of some Scottish student loans in 2013 was worth £21m on October 2, 2015

Student living cost support in England and Scotland: policies coming closer, scrutiny worlds apart on July 30, 2015

Can the Access Commission convince the Scottish Government to stop playing Jekyll and Hyde on student loans? on July 4, 2015

Evidence to the Commission on Widening Access on July 4, 2015

New lending to Scottish students exceeds £0.5bn for first time on June 18, 2015