Never mind that such a person would never pay off what they owe: the eye-watering fact is that interest itself becomes 68 per cent of the total debt.
Our new Lifelong Loan Entitlement will give everyone the equivalent of four years of post-18 education to use over their lifetime.
Some good things, a few bad ones, some absences – and an opportunity missed not so much to level up Britain as to level with voters.
As our labour market thunders towards the digital age, we must urgently reconsider how we can support the skills most needed.
The second in a mini-series of pieces on ConHome this week about schools after Covid.
Some of the criticisms that have been thrown at the scheme can only be described as inaccurate, misrepresentations.
These institutions play a vital role – despite what commentators, and sometimes politicians, say.
Judging by its social media activity, the National Union of Students’ main current focus is ‘decolonising the curriculum’.
Before pumping more funding into the public sector, we must restore the habit of making sure we have the money in the bank before we start spending it.
A sensible national conversation about the quality of degrees needs a proper system of assessment. That won’t be simple or cheap.
If if the higher education sector must take some further pain in the spending review, then the last option is the least bad.
White British boys face steep challenges to access – but some institutions seem too focused on ‘white privilege’ to notice.
And when it comes to paying for the crisis measures, as we must, taxes must not fall on younger workers.
His speech contained many sensible initiatives – but ministers should not be led astray by illusory shortcuts.
If not we risk failing to empower people to train or upskill for good jobs, and losing the economic growth our nation needs.