Submitted on Wednesday 1st March 2023
Rejected on Monday 22nd May 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Increase the Maintenance Loan and Master's Loan by 10.1% for 2023/24
From April 2023, both benefits and the state pension will increase by 10.1% - in line with inflation. In contrast, SFE has only increased the maintenance loan provision and the postgraduate loan by 2.8%. This is estimated by Save the Student to leave students £1500 worse off a year.
With housing, food and bills all costing the average student significantly more, one in four students has taken on new debt to fix the widening chasm between their income and expenses. Whilst the government has dedicated additional funds to hardship funding, universities are overwhelmed with demand for support (see https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/oct/20/universities-double-or-triple-student-hardship-funds-in-face-of-soaring-need). Survival should not be the sole focus at university.
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