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Editorials

Lowering student loans repayment threshold is cruel

The student loans payback threshold is reportedly about to be lowered, with proposals suggesting that changes to the finance system will be some of the largest since 2012. Currently, graduates begin paying back their loans once they earn an annual income of £27,295 or more, but ministers are intending to lower this figure, according to The […]
Editorials

Why Tuition Fees Aren’t the Problem

University costs have skyrocketed in the past decade. What was once a free educational institution where a place earned meant genuine hard work and a solid academic background has become a money-grabbing, self-serving machine. Introduced in 1998 by Blair’s Labour government, tuition fees were meant to stay low. Raised to over £9,000 in 2016, they […]