Category: Student Finance
If the graduate premium is falling, supply-side tinkering won’t bring it back
It’s not hard to find arguments that suggest that the UK has too many graduates. And underneath articles of that […]
February 23, 2026
The walls are closing in on our doomed student loan system
Exciting times! HM Treasury has published its Supplementary Estimates for 2025-26. These are the documents through which government departments ask […]
February 11, 2026
Maybe a graduate tax wasn’t such a bad idea after all
The student loans story rumbles on. Today’s “one of the few stories still running alongside the Mandelson scandal” intervention comes […]
February 5, 2026
Graduates are paying more and getting less
There’s an absolutely jaw-dropping passage in this year’s IFS Annual report on education spending in England. In total, we now […]
January 21, 2026
Why the LLE may not radically reform tertiary education — and how it might still move the dial
Picture two people you probably know. Amira works in a GP surgery and wants to move into health data. Ben’s […]
December 17, 2025
What is student financial support for in 2025?
UCAS has published its end of cycle data for 2025. Alongside the headline figures on acceptances – a record 577,725, […]
December 15, 2025
The future of financial hardship support needs to be flexible
The government’s recent white paper on Post-16 Education and Skills places flexibility and choice at the centre of the future […]
November 26, 2025