Student Loans

Plans to reduce tuition fees at 24 universities under the 2012 fee regime could end up costing poorer students more.

The communication of student fees has been described as a "national scandal" as a poll shows 59% of people in England feel they have little or no understanding of the new finance system.

University applications for 2012 are down, figures from admissions body UCAS show, with the fall attributed to a misguided fear over higher fees.

Hundreds of thousands of graduates who started university before 1998 face a hike in the interest charged on their student loan next month.

Tens of thousands of graduates are being urged to claim money back after it emerged the Student Loans Company (SLC) has taken millions of pounds in overpayments.

With every English university announcing 2012 fee levels today, many will assume the higher the charge, the more money students will repay.

A major new initiative headed by MoneySavingExpert.com's Martin Lewis launches today to help future students and their parents tackle the myths and misunderstandings – good or bad – about the true cost of their university education under the new 2012 system.

Hundreds of thousands of graduates who started university before 1998 face hikes in their student loan repayments this autumn.

An inquiry into financial education in UK primary and secondary schools has been launched today.