Responding to the DfE equality analysis of how changes made to student finance regulations for the 2023 to 2024 academic year will affect students, Dr Tim Bradshaw, Chief Executive of the Russell Group, said:
"The fact that the DfE's own equality assessment says uplifting maintenance loans by just 2.8% next year will have a negative impact on students underlines how flawed the system is.
"But what's worse is that the Department responsible and the regulator which is supposed to be on the side of students just seem to be shrugging their shoulders.
