Student Finance

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.

Student loans provider Erudio has now admitted it incorrectly sent letters to graduates quoting defunct regulations, after previously telling MoneySavingExpert.com it wasn't aware it had done so.

A graduate has reported receiving a letter from student loans provider Erudio, which quoted incorrect regulations, and we want to know if you've received a similar letter.

Students expecting the next instalment of their maintenance loan in January are being warned to be wary of phishing emails that attempt to steal the money as a spike in scams is predicted.

Muslim students in England will be able to get alternative student finance acceptable under Sharia law the Government has confirmed, although this will not be available until 2016 at the earliest.