nearly 20000 less well-off students occupy annual loans averaging nearly £5900 after grant support fell to lowest level in decadeScotland’s poorest university students are falling into record amounts of debt after their grant support fell to its lowest level in a decade.
The latest annual figures for student support in Scotland show that nearly 20000 of Scotland’s least well-off students bear taken out loans averaging nearly £5900 a year to fund their living costs. That compares with fewer than 1900 students from well-off homes who each took out an average loan of £4600 last year.
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Source: theguardian.com