Delay in student loans as record numbers apply
15 September, 2009
Thousands of 18 and 19-year-olds who are leaving home to enter university for the first time are still waiting for confirmation of loans to pay for fees and rent.
With university terms starting in the next couple of weeks, all they have got so far is a public apology from the Student Loans Company (SLC), which is struggling to deal with the thousands of loan applications pouring in every week
Read the full article in The Independent.
