Allowing students to pay off debts earlier is tinkering with a failing system

The union said the government should be focusing on how to help poorer students afford university, rather than tinkering with a failing system to further benefit the wealthiest in society.
 
UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'Government should be prioritising how to make it easier for poorer families to afford university rather than focusing on yet another policy designed to make life easier for the wealthiest in our society. Today's move exposes once again that we really are not all in this together.
 
'While no one would condemn any family that sought to pay off their children's debt as fast as possible, today's move simply exposes yet again what an inconsistent mess the higher education reforms are.'