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Abolishing student grants and raising fees above #9,000 heaps more debt on poorest students
10 July 2015
Article by Gill Wyness
There were a surprising number of announcements relating to higher education in George Osborne's budget this week. One of the most controversial was the announcement that university maintenance grants for lower-income students in England and Wales are to be scrapped from September 2016 and replaced with loans. The £9,000 annual fees that universities charge students will also be allowed to increase by inflation for those universities ''offering high teaching quality''.
This article was published online by The Conversation on July 10, 2015
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