Is it time to stop student finance being based on parental income

Why don't the poorer kids get a job as well?

It is generally expected that students from higher-income families will be able to get their parents to support them. If you really do have a high income, why don't you support him more so he could focus on his studies instead of working?If my parent was in a position to, I know they would help me financially. But they're not, which is why I need a bigger loan than someone from a higher-income background such as your son.

voted for the wrong option in the poll, oops.

I agree that it should be based on parents income. Students whose parents earn over 100k should not receive the same amount as students whose parents earn 30k.

Personally, I don't know if my parents can afford to give me money despite the fact they earn more than some, first I live in a 4 person household and only my mother makes like well over half the income and my mother only earns this much by working over time. The fact I'll be going to university means they won't have someone to look after my sister (this someone was me) meaning they'd now have to either work less which would massively drop our household income or pay for nursery which costs more than me doing it for free.

They also don't own a house or any property, so paying rent and such is a cost that comes out of it. Most lower income parents seem to already own a house.

How much is your mother earning?

About 35,000. If she only worked 48 hours a week she'd earn about 28,000.

My household income is about 43,000


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Oh, so you're not entitled to the maximum are you?

There is currently a petition calling for student finance to not be based on parental income. I completely agree, why should the government care what income my parents make, why should the chavvy UKIP types studying PE get more money than me because of what their parents earn? Education is a right for everyone FACT so I should not be excluded due to low maintenance loans. I can't wait for 2020 so I can vote for Jeremy Corbyn who will give me free education and abolish these discriminatory loans. Do you guys agree everyone should be entitled to the same amount?

"Education is a fundamental human right and essential for the exercise of all other human rights. It promotes individual freedom and empowerment and yields important development benefits. Yet millions of children and adults remain deprived of educational opportunities, many as a result of poverty. "

The Right to Education | Education | United Nations Educational, ...www.unesco.org › education › themes

There simply isn't enough money to give every student the same level of support granted to students from low income families, so the end result of this would be preventing the poorest from attending uni, rather than the middle class students. Exactly how would that be an improvement?

How are loans you don't have to repay until you are earning going to put poor people off?

What has that got to do with anything?

There is currently a petition calling for student finance to not be based on parental income. I completely agree, why should the government care what income my parents make, why should the chavvy UKIP types studying PE get more money than me because of what their parents earn? Education is a right for everyone FACT so I should not be excluded due to low maintenance loans. I can't wait for 2020 so I can vote for Jeremy Corbyn who will give me free education and abolish these discriminatory loans. Do you guys agree everyone should be entitled to the same amount?

Exactly. It's ridiculous that people are actually arguing that everyone should receive the same amount when their parents are earning like 70k...

I originally thought that It is wrong that its based on income; I feel like I get somewhat punished that my parents have good well paid careers, however after researching it a bit and discussing t with classmates I realise that I am fortunate and thus don't need a bigger payout; I know for a fact I can manage on my own personally with my parents financial support, and do believe that people who may be less fortunate get more money as there parents may not be able t provide for them like others can financially. Everyone deserves and equal opportunity and finance differences balance it a bit. If its that much of an issue work to earn extra money if youre that skint.


PS don't mock PE and call it chavvy, I am predicted an A* in it and it is one of my 4 A2's. My parents are professional, earn a high wage and I am most certainly not a "chav" (FYI, studying PE and may only get £2,000 finance, bet that's a damn lot less than you're getting )

Er everything.

People don't repay the loans until they are earning, you could have a student from a poor background who graduates and earns 40k out of university, under current policy they would not repay grants, you could have a student with wealthy parents who earns less but is expected to repay the full loan even though they have left home and are not benefiting from parental income. It's absurd.

This isn't about grants versus loans though. The OP was saying that students from high-earning families should get the same support as low earners. Either that means increasing the support for high-income (and bankrupting the country), or lowering the support for low-income (bankrupting the students). Whether that support comes in the form of grant or loans is irrelevant.

There is currently a petition calling for student finance to not be based on parental income. I completely agree, why should the government care what income my parents make, why should the chavvy UKIP types studying PE get more money than me because of what their parents earn? Education is a right for everyone FACT so I should not be excluded due to low maintenance loans. I can't wait for 2020 so I can vote for Jeremy Corbyn who will give me free education and abolish these discriminatory loans. Do you guys agree everyone should be entitled to the same amount?