'Pulling out of Govt’s Student finance day...' blog discussion
edited 14 May 2009 at 6:01PM
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:mad: I'm shocked that NUS aren't campaigning about this. They are meant to be on the side of us students!!
From my perspective I had gone there agreeing to talk about encouraging students to not be scared of going to uni but effectively hijacked it to talk about outsltandng student loans for graduates that would've been inappropriate. Plus both our important issues and I don't want to hurt one to benefit the other.
Do remember I have my own access to media I dont need the govt to do so - this was a local radio day - ulitmately I wrote about this in my news of the world column at the weekend, which has a far bigger audience, and here ont he site which has a huge one.
Martin
Please note, answers don't constitute financial advice, it is based on generalised journalistic research. Always ensure any decision is made with regards to your own individual circumstance.
The government listen to older people more than younger people because it has a greater impact on whether they get re-elected! I would strongly urge more younger people to develop at least a basic understanding of how our countries politics work and actually go out and vote in the forthcoming and subsequent elections.
If you've followed Martin's advise on improving your credit rating then you'll already be on the electoral roll so all you need to do is make sure you are registered for a postal vote and then it is extremely straightforward to vote.
If younger people want better treatment form government then they need to vote, simple as that. Politics isn't just something people take part in to keep their moat clean, it has a massive impact on all of us.
Please note, answers don't constitute financial advice, it is based on generalised journalistic research. Always ensure any decision is made with regards to your own individual circumstance.
Those repaying the debt might primarily not be current students, but interest is charged from the day the loan installment is paid so this affects the vast majority of current students. In fact, current/recent students tend to be the ones in the most debt so it would affect them the most! I'm a current member of NUS and I'm going to email them tonight to air my dissatifaction.
Is the loan between students and the SLC not a binding contract like any other? If the original terms of the loan say it will track inflation (and mentions no 0% minimum), then is this not a breach of the terms?
I have a loan, but I'm not sure I have the small print surrounding the terms of it. Why is it the are able to do this?
Thanks. SC
The government has basically changed the law to say they can do this!