Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Elena Braisteanu (left) and partner Cosmin Visan, who estimates they may jointly have to repay more than £30,000. Photograph: supplied View image in fullscreen Elena Braisteanu (left) and partner Cosmin Visan, who estimates they may jointly have to repay more than £30,000. Photograph: supplied Weekend students at 15 universities in England told to return loans and grantsStudent Finance England tells about 22,000 students their universities wrongly told them they were eligible More than 20,000 university students in England who received government maintenance loans and grants worth thousands of pounds have been told they will have to pay them back because their universities wrongly told them they were eligible for the money.About 22,000 students studying for weekend courses at 15 universities and colleges have received letters from Student Finance England, part of the government-owned Student Loans Company, telling them they must hand back the money because their university “made an error when providing your course details to us. Unfortunately, they didn’t tell us you only attended on [sic] the weekend.”According to Department for Education rules, students attending weekend-only courses are not eligible to take out long-term maintenance loans to cover living expenses. The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, blamed “either incompetence or abuse of the system”…
Published: April 9, 2026 5:04 pm
Source: The Guardian — Read original