Leading Article: Help part-timers

It is very good news that the Government finally is to look at the inequity in funding between full-time students and part-timers, who often are having to squeeze their studies around family commitments and a job.

Part-timers, who make up a staggering 40 per cent of the student population, are not included in the new fees regime, so they have to pay their fees up-front. Moreover they are not entitled to the same grants and loans as full-timers.

Everyone knows that this is hard on people who may have low disposable incomes and be taking courses to improve their career prospects. We should be encouraging not discouraging them.

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