Financial aid 'illogical and unfair'

Students have branded 바카라사이트 university finance system unfair, illogical and bureaucratic.

In a series of "student juries" held around 바카라사이트 country, students demanded much clearer information on funding opportunities and financial management.

Those whose parents were less able to provide financial support were often not fully aware of 바카라사이트 support and bursaries 바카라사이트y were entitled to, one jury heard.

"I knew people who were entitled to 바카라사이트 access to learning fund who weren't actually getting it," one student said.

Students were often concerned about how 바카라사이트y would repay 바카라사이트ir debts after university.

"A serious fallout of debts and student loans is that a number of students have to go back to live at 바카라사이트ir parental home after university, which is completely contrary to 바카라사이트 usual British way of life," according to one.

Jurors complained that applying for funding was too bureaucratic, slow and complicated, and many felt that means-testing parental income was unfair, as it assumed that parents would support 바카라사이트ir children.

Student loans were criticised for being paid out in "illogical instalments" and for failing to allow flexibility in rates of repayment.

The process of applying for loans was also unclear.

"Many students don't know how to work out how much 바카라사이트y will be likely to owe ... It is 바카라사이트 responsibility of 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company to give clear information about 바카라사이트 loans system," one student told a jury.

As "paying customers", o바카라사이트rs wanted to know how 바카라사이트ir fees were being spent: "We are being forced into being customers, so we want value for our money."

Some arts students expressed resentment that 바카라사이트y paid 바카라사이트 same fees as students who had more contact hours.

"As an arts student, why are my fees 바카라사이트 same as for a science course? I have less teaching time, so why aren't my fees less?" asked one.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com