Student Finance

A new online student loan repayment service will launch in 2020 to give graduates more up-to-date information about their loans, largely replacing paper statements.

Tens of thousands of university leavers risk wasting big money – in some cases over £20,000 – by voluntarily paying off their student loan even though the amount they earn means they don't need to, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.  

MoneySavingExpert.com, together with the Russell Group of universities, is calling on the Government to scrap the current student loan statement, after 90% of respondents to our poll question said our redesigned version of the statement helped them understand the student loans system. 

Almost 90% of applicants to a fund for students in financial difficulty in Scotland have been accepted in the last three years – with each being given over £900 on average, according to data obtained by MoneySavingExpert.com.

University leavers reclaimed more than £560,000 from the Student Loans Company in December - a huge spike compared to the year before.

The Government today formally restarted the process of selling off English student loans, after a delay of several months due to the general election. Here's what you need to know if your loan's being sold off.

Labour peers have joined the battle against the retrospective hike in student loan repayments, with the Higher Education and Research Bill going through its second reading in the House of Lords this afternoon.

Student loans administrator Erudio is to write again to thousands of graduates to confirm new deferment deadlines, after a second admin blunder in a month caused widespread confusion over when deferment application forms need to be submitted.

Millions of graduates will soon have to repay much more of their loans than they were initially told after the Government secretly backtracked on a promise – a move MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has branded "a disgrace".

What would you tweak about the UK? Your first instinct may be 'a flat rate of income tax', 'independence for Cornwall', or 'free university education for all'. Yet I'm not talking about big contentious change – this is about quick fixes for life glitches.