Do many people take out student loans?

I'm not getting a student loan, though I imagine I'm in the (very small) minority.

I offered to get the tution fees loan and maintenance loan out, but my parents didn't want me too as they can afford to pay my tution and accomodation through uni. (I do have money saved up from various jobs for everyday expenses though.)

They have this view that as they didn't come out with a debt when they went to uni (because there were no tution fees) and so they don't want me to either.

This doesn't make sense to me. I'd rather my parents saved the money and gave me the equivalent amount when I left uni to put towards a house deposit or whatever. It's better to have a smaller mortgage, for example, than to not have a student loan, as mortgages cost more and have worse repayment terms.

I have a friend who's parents have done the same thing, but they had to struggle a lot to save the money, which seems weird and pointless.

I'm not getting a student loan, though I imagine I'm in the (very small) minority.

I offered to get the tution fees loan and maintenance loan out, but my parents didn't want me too as they can afford to pay my tution and accomodation through uni. (I do have money saved up from various jobs for everyday expenses though.)

They have this view that as they didn't come out with a debt when they went to uni (because there were no tution fees) and so they don't want me to either.

Why not take out the loan and deposit the money into a high interest account, and then when you graduate withdraw the money from this account and repay it immediately(it doesn't accumulate much interest before you graduate) and then you'll have basically made the interest money in profit.