August 2017

Many of Qualifi’s UK regulated qualifications are now recognised for Advanced learning Loans. Additional information relating to student eligibility for Advanced Learning Loans can be found here https://www.gov.uk/advanced-learner-loan/overview For more information on our qualifications please contact us.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40959225 University tuition fees are an “unsustainable Ponzi scheme” and should be radically reformed, Theresa May’s former chief of staff has said. Nick Timothy likened the fees system in England to the well-known investment scam. Tony Blair’s Labour government was the first to introduce fees for university students in 1998. Before that, the cost had […]

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-related-exports-and-transnational-education-activity A new study released last month by the Department for Education  found that UK education “exports” raised £18.8bn a year in 2014. Two-thirds of the earnings came in the form of tuition, expenses and research fees paid to British universities. Fees for independent schools accounted for £800m a year, while language schools accounted for […]

Full article here – https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/14/student-loans-former-education-secretary-morgan-to-lead-inquiry Extracts below: Nicky Morgan, the former education secretary, is to lead an inquiry into the rising costs of the controversial student loans system in England and its possible replacement by a graduate tax. “Student loan debt is projected to be around £160bn within six years, and the government has announced that […]

Many Qualifi qualifications qualify for a Student Loan Company loan. With the new academic year starting in the next couple of months, the Student Loans Company is busy getting student finances ready. This year, over one million students across England and Wales have already applied for their finance. But if you’re not quite as organised, there’s […]