Students

At the start of the new academic year I am calling for the Government to urgently review student maintenance loans and grants to ensure they cover the true cost of living.

Student rent prices have soared by 8.5% in the past year, with the average price of a room now reaching £357 per month, according to a new study.

NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers should watch out for overdraft fees after the banks today reduced the buffer from which they start charging customers £6 a month for dipping into an authorised overdraft, from £100 to £10.

The National Union of Students is urging colleges and universities to ban advertising from controversial payday lenders on their campuses.

Inflation rose to 3.3% last month which means some students and graduates will pay a little less interest on their student loans.

It's one year since an e-petition signed by more than 118,000 people forced Parliament to debate putting financial education on the national curriculum.

MPs who broke a pledge not to raise tuition fees shouldn't stand for re-election, according to a poll of parents published today.

UK inflation leapt to 3.2% last month, largely due to rising university fees, food costs and mortgage rates.

Students are highly confused by the new university tuition fees and loans system which begins this month, research published today by the Independent Taskforce on Student Finance Information reveals.

Students must apply for overdraft increases on certain accounts, even where the guaranteed maximum rises each term or year.