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More than 20,000 students told they must pay back loans of up to £30k after funding blunder

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More than 20,000 students have been told they must pay back university maintenance loans and grants after they were reportedly given them in error.

Other Related Coverage

  • 22,000 students told to pay back 'mis-sold' maintenance loans | BBC
  • Weekend students at 15 universities in England told to return loans and grants | The Guardian
  • No-one told us we were not allowed this money | BBC
  • Thousands of part-time students wrongly given £190m in loans and grants | The Times
  • More than 22,000 students told to pay back maintenance loans as part of crackdown on franchise university courses | Daily Mail
  • Major scandal hits universities as 22,000 made to pay back as much as £14k in 'mis-sold' student loans | GB News

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