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Four things to know about student finance

Calling it debt is unrepresentative

Debt of £60,000 is enough to scare the pants off anyone. Indeed, it creates fear and dread in the homes of many young people considering university. Yet for most, even though it’s called a student loan, thinking of it as a debt is a nonsense, unrepresentative concept. In fact, once at uni, many realise, the real problem is the ‘loan’ isn’t big enough.

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