Emeritus Prof Christopher MayNot only is there a general problem in the way graduates' student debt is handled (hardly ameliorated yesterdays bounce interest rate cap at 6%), there is also a clear gendered dimension, perhaps most obviously demonstrated in the continued accrual of debt during maternity leave... once again raising the cost of motherhood.
Its a problem entirely the result of a (wilful) political misunderstanding of the social purpose of university education.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/90000-later-what-student-debt-really-does-women-amy-brooker-hvcze/
£90,000 Later: What Student Debt Really Does to Women
It’s taken over a decade for politicians and the media to pay attention to something I have been personally, professionally, and economically aware of since I was a member of the first cohort of students to be hit by the £9k student fees in 2012: student loans were going to be the next social mobili
Alan T Perry 🇨🇦