University Alliance responds to David Willetts’ comments on student loan books
…y to get high-paying jobs and be able to repay their loans off more quickly. These students would create a safer and more lucrative loan book with higher rates of return. On the flip-side such a policy would penalise those universities that take students from non-traditional backgrounds who are more likely to stay within the region they study (usually closer to home to start with) and go into lower-salaried graduate work. While Alliance universiti…