Students push for high-earning graduates to pay more in future to support Covid-19 refunds now
Students are asking the government to increase the interest rate payable on tuition fee loans to fund a 30 per cent rebate for all undergraduate students in the last academic year, to compensate for difficulties related to the pandemic.
In effect, the request from 17 institutions’ student unions involves current students who go on to high-earning jobs paying more in future to make up for a rebate offered to all undergraduates now.