Money Box Live: Can you afford university?

Money Box

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4.2 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Across the UK freshers are heading off to university, many leaving home for the first time and most of them are paying for at least some of that with their student loans.

Graduates in England leave university with average debts of around £48,500 according to the Student Loans Company.

Tuition fees vary depending on where you live in the UK. Last year students in England were told they'd be paying back their loans longer than the graduates who came before them.

So, this week we're looking at how much a degree really costs. Felicity Hannah will be joined by Tom Allingham from Save the Student and Kellie McAlonan, Chair of the charity the National Association of Student Money Advisers.

Presenter: Felicity Hannah Producer: Sarah Rogers Editor: Jess Quayle

(This episode was first broadcast 3pm on Wednesday 25th September 2024)

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0:43.2	Hello, across the UK, thousands of teenagers are busy picking out posters, doing their first ever food shops, making new friends and settling into life at university.
0:52.6	But graduates in England leave uni with average debts of around 48.5,000 pounds.
0:58.8	That's according to the student loans company.
1:00.6	So in this Moneybox Live podcast, we're asking,
1:03.2	how are this year's freshers feeling about their finances?
1:06.5	I feel like I've been purposely being really tight with my money
1:10.0	because I'm quite stingy
1:11.1	with it just because I know the cost.
1:12.6	I'm definitely going to be looking to get a part-time job.
1:16.6	The student loan I have is just not enough.
1:18.6	The only thing I've really like bought from a flat, yeah, is like an earth rat or something
1:22.6	like that.
1:23.6	That's pretty swish that you're picking up an air friday.
1:25.6	It was only 20 quidding,. I thought that was quite good. To be fair, I made my flatmate to split the course.
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