02-08-2026, 06:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-08-2026, 06:59 PM by HawkingsHalfpint.)
I was quite fortunate. Although going to uni the year Blair’s labour rather unfairly changed it all (so only a £1k grant for one year only), living with my unmarried old-dear at the time meant no fees to pay, and I didn’t borrow a lot. My old man paid the rent at student halls, which was cheap at the time. So probably borrowed under £3k, all told.
So whilst I paid it off pretty quickly, it was too quickly in fact for the exemplars of bureaucratic beauty the SLC allowing my overpayments grow into a four figure sum that they paid me back eventually; plus a favourable rate of interest. It was as much of a mess 20 years ago as it is now. In fact, the SLC makes the CSA look almost professional
So whilst I paid it off pretty quickly, it was too quickly in fact for the exemplars of bureaucratic beauty the SLC allowing my overpayments grow into a four figure sum that they paid me back eventually; plus a favourable rate of interest. It was as much of a mess 20 years ago as it is now. In fact, the SLC makes the CSA look almost professional