Student loans 'plot' against graduates signals a time for major policy change

By Martin McQuillan. Plans to sell off student loans to private investors undermine trust in the whole university process, says Martin McQuillan. The Guardian last week revealed a secret report commissioned by the government from Rothschild bank, looking at ways in which the student loan book could be made attractive to private investors and sold off. The report is still under active consideration at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and, notably, ministers have failed to deny its contents. Read more...