Fact checks on universities, tuition fees and student debt
Education
Most recent data suggests disadvantaged students may be beginning to lose ground in higher education - but it's too soon to read too much into it. Read
Education
Students from a disadvantaged background in Scotland are roughly half as likely to go to university as those from England. That said, comparing the figures for Scotland and England is tricky. Read
Education
Jeremy Corbyn didn’t commit to abolishing student debt before the last election, although he did say he would “deal with” the high debts of graduates and was looking at ways to do so. Read
Education
Higher tuition fees don’t seem to have affected the longer-term trend of more disadvantaged students going to university. Read
Education
The number and proportion of young people, including disadvantaged students, attending university is now increasing. Read
Education
The proportion of first time UK students from disadvantaged areas leaving higher education during or after the first year of their degree in England is at its highest level for five years. Read
Education
The total number of people applying to higher education in the UK this year (as of the final June 2017 deadline) is down 4% compared to last year. Read
Education
The true ‘additional’ cost of a policy to write off current student loans, compared to the amount the government already ‘writes off’ from unpaid loans, would be lower than this. Read
Education
University applications by disadvantaged students haven’t fallen in the last few years. Read
Education
On all UCAS measures, young students from disadvantaged groups in England are more likely to go to university now than any other year on record. Read
