There was a time when the benefits of a college degree outweighed the financial sacrifices. "You can't put a price on education." But they have put a price on it, and quite frankly, the price is too damn high.

I'm not going to lie, the tuition fees are more than they used to be a year ago but that doesn't mean that higher education is out of the question for you. I myself decided this year to go to university and not once did the price ever come across my mind.

As an undergrad about to embark on a year abroad, I was gobsmacked to recently discover that international students are being disgracefully overcharged by sneaky banks for transferring money abroad. Yes, apparently the average undergrad paying £9,000 per year ends up paying £335 in hidden bank charges.

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The answer might be a master's degree. An extra year of specialist study to rack up your employability sounds to the uninitiated like a bomb proof idea. The problem is the cost. While students have spent the last three years protesting about undergraduate fees the issue of master's fees has gone unchallenged.

The Scottish Executive has announced a review into the student loans system after thousands were left struggling to afford food and rent because they ...

Thousands of students are still without their bursaries and loans despite being more than a month into the term, with reports of some being forced to ...

Students who add strangers on Facebook are being warned of the dangers of online fraud as a new survey shows many share confidential information on th...

Without wishing to announce, piously, I told you so: 14 years ago I railed against the Blair government's introduction of student loans in 1998. I said then that student loans would do more harm to the fabric of our society than the reintroduction of capital punishment. Sadly, it's still true.

Government ministers have been accused of rushing into approving degree and diploma-level courses at private colleges in England. Four hundred cour...

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...

We really don't want this generation to end up with big debts around their necks and jobs they don't enjoy. We need to provide them with the tools and the confidence to make informed decisions that will get them off to a good start.

One in five new graduates is out of work, while many more are being forced to take jobs that do not require a degree, official figures show. Howev...

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.

A lending service aimed at students has said it is "upset" at the accusation that it misleads customers, arguing student unions are "out to get us". ...

Plans to impose penalties on students who pay off university loans early are being ditched, the government is expected to announce next week. Minis...

I was born to a single mother in Oakland, California, now I live and work in London as a journalist, a field which is financially precarious and notoriously difficult to break in to. People are often curious as to how this happened. The answer is: I broke a few laws, here and there.

Short-term money lender Wonga.com has been branded "highly irresponsible" for encouraging students to take out one of its high-interest loans. The ...

The BBC's new adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations rolled across our screens this Christmas, portraying the struggle of young Pip as he made his way in a turbulent Victorian world.' A story of the past' you say, ancient cultural history... but Pip's plight is apparently not so far from reality in 2012.

David Willetts has an opinion on what the idea of the university is, but when he agreed to come and share this view at Cambridge University, he was denied the chance to speak. Within seconds of stepping up to the podium, Willetts was met with an angry mass counter-speech from Cambridge Defend Education.

If Muslim students do not want to pay interest on their student loans because doing so would contravene their faith, then I have some sympathy for them. However, we cannot have a situation in which some graduates end up paying less because they happen to observe a different religion to their peers.