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Extend London weighting for student maintenance loans

Submitted on Thursday 23rd February 2017

Published on Monday 6th March 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017

Signatures: 3,710

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Extend London weighting for student maintenance loans

Petition Details

High rents don’t stop at the M25. London weighting is based on an archaic view of student funding, where students in a defined geographical area are granted more than those who are not, regardless of living costs in the area of study.

Additional Information

In the county of Surrey, a student studying in Egham will have access to over £2,000 per annum more in maintenance loans than a student studying in Guildford. Students round the fringes of London weighting are suffering the same problem where the London housing market has pushed up rents, but the student finance system has not kept pace.


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