Submitted by Reneé Brown on Tuesday 5th November 2024
Published on Wednesday 11th December 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 11th June 2025
Current Signatures: 13
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Cost ~ Cost of living ~ Debt ~ Education ~ Government ~ Guardian ~ Higher Education ~ Loan ~ Major ~ Me ~ Minimum ~ mortgages ~ Price ~ student loans ~ Studies ~ Unfair ~ Universities ~ university students ~ US
Increase maintenance loans for university students
We think that student maintenance loans are highly unfair. We think the debt of parents/guardians including mortgage repayments, outstanding student loans, car payments etc should be considered in determining the maintenance loan given to a student.
Some students (like me and my peers) are struggling to afford the cost of living at university. We feel that not enough is done to support us financially when embarking on higher education. We do not think that the minimum student loan is comparable to the price of rent for the majority of university students. Maintenance loans should be able to cover rent at a minimum as well as food and travel. We feel that the government should be doing more to relieve financial strain on students to allow them to focus on their studies.
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.
18.191.135.120 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:38:15 +0000
