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Fees, funding & student finance
Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.
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We are 22 students. We speak for 22,000
Irena Zoltak
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SU blog
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05/05/26
Before learning becomes only for the chosen ones
Mike Day
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SU blog
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15/04/26
A strong public university that is funded by the government and not by the students
Mack Marshall
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SU blog
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14/04/26
Over 20 years of frozen London PhD weighting means change is overdue
Nico Henry
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SU blog
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19/11/25
The Government should introduce an extended maintenance loan for independent students
Niall Hignett
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SU blog
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24/07/25
Rewriting the rules of tuition payments for international students
Prince Ikechi
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SU blog
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20/06/25
Five reflections from Portugal
Mack Marshall
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SU blog
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02/05/25
Should reps be paid?
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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09/04/25
Gnome sweet home
Mack Marshall
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SU blog
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13/01/25
London isn’t the only area where students face higher costs
Lewis Parrey
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SU blog
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09/12/24
The Money Saving Expert gets answers on maintenance
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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25/06/24
They’re all offering change. But will students see any?
Amira Campbell
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SU blog
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20/06/24
Manifesto proposals driven by the struggles faced by students
Beth Elder
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SU blog
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16/05/24
What should SUs do next on the cost of living crisis?
Livia Scott
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SU blog
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10/05/24
Nobody wants it to go nuclear
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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07/01/24
Where is Labour going on fees?
Jack Ballingham
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SU blog
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10/02/23
The student movement needs another Millbank moment
Michael Chessum
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SU blog
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06/10/22
Students and their unions need to back the marking boycotts
Niall Hignett
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SU blog
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05/05/22
The financing of doctoral study is a flawed system
Kathryn Cribbin
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SU blog
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24/03/22
There’s a giant student-shaped hole in the government’s Augar response
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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24/02/22
Accommodation costs are pricing students out of education
Hillary Gyebi-Ababio
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SU blog
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10/12/21
The exploitation of migrant students needs to stop
Sanaz Raji
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SU blog
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15/10/21
It’s all coming up: Nine issues for SUs to prep for in the year ahead
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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26/08/21
Student hardship won’t go away as the health crisis subsides
Becky Ricketts
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SU blog
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24/07/20
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