Submitted by Keith R. J. P. Dias on Tuesday 17th January 2023
Published on Friday 20th January 2023
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 20th July 2023
Current Signatures: 11
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Access ~ Change ~ Education ~ level ~ Loan ~ Masters ~ student loans ~ system ~ taxpayers ~ The Government
Allow students who self-funded 1st degree to access student loan for 2nd degree
To change the eligibility for student loans so that home students who have self-funded for their 1st Bachelor, Master or Doctorate degree can still be eligible to access a student loan for their 2nd degree at the same level as the 1st.
Student loans are funded by the Government, and so the taxpayer, so that students can pursue an education that will hopefully land them a job and in turn become taxpayers who pay off their loans to replenish the system.
We believe that the existing rules, where an applicant who has self-funded their first degree is not eligible for a student loan, is draconian since the applicant has not previously accessed a student loan.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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