The Sunday Times’ Sue Leonard cites findings from our Degrees of Debt report.

It’s all change for new students heading off to university next year, not least on the financial front with tuition fees due to rise for the first time since 2012.

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According to the Sutton Trust, a social mobility charity, English students who graduated last year owed an average of £44,500, higher than their American counterparts, and those in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The trust has warned of the impact of these debt levels on “major life decisions” such as getting a mortgage or having children.

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