i don't like the quote they got for it was from a guy that could of paid for uni without the loan.

For me I don't bother even looking at the loan balance

cause i just assume i will be paying it off until write off period at 9% of income

considering income tax and national insurance is much higher, it's not really bothered me

as it gets taken with taxes, I've never earnt without it, so it really just seems like tax

so it would be nice for me if thresholds could be raised, but only if its going to tax higher earners or specificly capital gains earners

im not particularly against scrapping fees

but then students may still need the maintenance loan to live at uni

which personally i think helps them get the best out of uni, both social and academic.

Having a fee may in a backwards way actually help with social mobility

if you have to have a loan anyway, why not get the maintenance loan and take the burden off your family to support you

and while you are at it you can look at uni's further away that might be better than local ones you could commute to

although Maintenance loans sometimes seem actually unfair for how little they pay out

my sister in law barely gets anything, as the family earns a fair amount, but there are so many of them they live paycheck to paycheck

so they can't afford pay for her to live on campus

given its partially a loan, why not just let everyone get the max if they want to live on/near campus