Student Loans Company

Men Arrested Over Stealing Thousands Of Pounds From Students

PA | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Three more people have been arrested in connection to a long-running £1m phishing scam which drained the bank accounts of hundreds of UK students. ...

Student Loans Company Rakes In £36.5m By Overcharging Graduates

Lovemoney | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education

More and more graduates are being overcharged by the Student Loans Company every year. According to a freedom of information request, some 63,000 g...

MPs 'Shocked' At BBC Tax Avoidance

PA | Posted 04.12.2012 | UK

MPs have raised concerns that the BBC employs up to 25,000 people a year who do not pay tax at source. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee (P...

Student Loans Chief To Stand Down Over Tax Controversy

PA | Posted 25.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Student Loans Company head Ed Lester will stand down when his contract expires next year in the wake of controversy over his tax arrangements. Lest...

Thousands Of Students' Details Leaked In Major Security Breach

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 21.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Thousands of students have fallen victim to a major security breach by the Student Loans Company after staff sent out emails containing personal data....

Vince Cable Right to Abandon Penalties on Early Student Loan Repayments

Tim Leunig | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Tim Leunig

The average person making an early repayment is aged 25 and earns less than £20,000 a year. The average repayment is £900. These people repay because they don't like being in debt. Once in a while they find that they have £500 or £1000 spare and decide to pay off some of their student debt. To penalise these people would be bizarre.

I Knew Nothing, Claims Treasury Minister Over Claims Student Loans Chief Dodged Tax

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 03.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The chief secretary to the treasury has been grilled by MPs over the head of the student loans company dodging tax worth tens of thousands of pounds. ...

Student Loans Head Investigated Over Tax Avoidance

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 02.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The earnings of the head of the Student Loans Company are to be investigated after it emerged he was dodging tax, saving him "tens of thousands of pou...

The Curious Tax Affairs Of The Student Loans Chief

PA | Posted 02.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The Treasury is to review the tax affairs of top civil servants after it emerged the head of the Student Loans Company (SLC) is paid via a company wit...

Seeing off the Scaremongers

Nigel Keohane | Posted 17.10.2011 | UK Universities & Education
Nigel Keohane

Judging by much of the media reaction to new on student debt, one would be forgiven for assuming that the principal aim of these commentators is to persuade aspirant students that university education should be given a wide berth.