While ?25,000 sounds like a lot, students will struggle to stretch it over four years of tuition and maintenance costs.’ Photograph: scanrail/Getty Images/iStockphoto
While ?25,000 sounds like a lot, students will struggle to stretch it over four years of tuition and maintenance costs.’ Photograph: scanrail/Getty Images/iStockphoto
W hether a university education represents value for money has been called into question in recent years, as students have seen their financial support chipped away thanks to the tripling of tuition fees, and scrapping of maintenance grants and healthcare bursaries. Doctoral education, however, has so far mostly been left untouched or at least, it had been until the recent launch of doctoral student loans.
Under the scheme, a prospective UK/EU student (starting from ) can apply for up to ?25,000 to spend over a maximum of eight years of study (full-time and part-time).