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• Over 20,000 Students Facing Immediate Repayment Demands Following Maintenance Loan Blunder

  Published: Apr 9, 2026

  Section: Europe

  The Student Loans Company (SLC) has notified approximately 22,000 students that they were incorrectly granted maintenance loans and childcare grants for weekend-only courses that a...

• Record 7.7 Million Americans Default on Student Loans as Debtors Flee to Europe and Asia

  Published: Apr 5, 2026

  Section: US & Canada

  A record 7.7 million American borrowers have entered default on federal student loans, with an increasing number of individuals moving abroad to escape the psychological and financ...

• National Student Financial Aid Scheme Leadership Rebuts Finance Minister Amid Institutional Viability and Structural Reform Debates

  Published: Mar 10, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Acting NSFAS CEO Waseem Carrim has defended the necessity of the student funding body following critical remarks from Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana regarding its operational ef...

• Keir Starmer Faces Mounting Backlash as British Graduates Protest Soaring Student Debt and Stagnant Entry Level Wages

  Published: Mar 3, 2026

  Section: Politics & Debate

  A growing wave of anger among recent university graduates has emerged as a significant political threat to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s domestic agenda. Facing the highest interes...