Poorest students will finish university with £57,000 debt, says IFS

Thinktank says replacing maintenance grants in England hits students from lower-income households hardestHow have tuition fees changed university life? Students from the poorest 40% of families entering university in England for the first time this September will emerge with an average debt of around £57,000, according to a new analysis by a leading economic thinktank.The Institute of Fiscal Studies said the abolition of the last maintenance grants in 2015 had disproportionately affected t