University Alliance responds to David Willetts’ comments on student loan books
Following comments from David Willetts that universities should be given the opportunity to buy the debt that their graduates owe, Professor Steve West, Chair of University Alliance, said: “David Willetts is proposing that universities should be able to buy their own student loan books as a way to sort out the unsustainable HE funding system. While there is of course merit in looking at ways of sorting out the unsustainability of HE funding, maki…