How do prospective 2023 and 2024 undergraduates feel about changes to the Student Finance arrangements?

By TSR Insight (part of The Student Room)

Base: 706 responses (4th – 6th February 2023)

Some of the key insights from the data include:

• Sentiment towards student loan repayments was largely negative, with ‘confused’,
  ‘worried’ and ‘annoyed’ being most frequently mentioned.
• 70% were aware that additional funding may be required, and while 62% expected additional support may come from family contributions, most (87%) expected to support their living costs through part‐time work.
• Day‐to‐day costs were more of a concern to prospective undergraduate respondents than future loan repayments.
• Almost all (95%) wanted information from universities regarding student finance; most often clarity around the costs associated with studying at the university (75%), information on scholarships and bursaries (70%) and an indication of how much a graduate of their course is likely to pay back (63%).