University Alliance responds to IPPR report on postgraduate student loans proposal
…system that could result in cuts to student places or underinvestment in high quality programmes. “This is why we developed our Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) proposals earlier this year to facilitate universal loans for the first time, including postgraduate students. It maintains a £21,000 earning threshold to protect low earners but would change the repayment rate once over the threshold. By improving the way loans are repaid it is pos…