Student Loans – Next year’s student loans delayed
The start of the applications process for next year’s student loans for England is being delayed – following this year’s widespread problems.
The launch of the loans and grants service for students starting in September 2010 should have been at the beginning of this week.
But the Student Loans Company says that this has now been postponed.
A review of loan delays for students who began courses this autumn found “conspicuous failures”.
The delays in payments facing tens of thousands of students, which have dragged on for months after the start of term, have now caused a knock-on effect for next year.
Fiasco’
The intended starting date of December 7 has been withdrawn – with no new date so far set to replace it.
The agency which administers student support for the government, the Student Loans Company, says it was postponed pending the review into delivery problems carried out by Professor Sir Deian Hopkin.
The review found problems with the processing system and a failure to provide information to students.
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