Head of Student Loans Company called to resign

[daveym84]

The video is very inaccurate and stinks of poor journalism. The government report revealed that 99% of student who applied BEFORE the set deadline with the CORRECT documents were paid on time. People who didn't get paid on time were either late applying or sent in wrong doucmentation. With the recession that struck last summer no one could have predicted the rise in number of people going to Uni and applying to finance therefore late and incorrect applications were delayed

[thingamajigg88]

Your figures are terribly inaccurate. The student's in the video were also very vague about why their loan wasn't paid. In most cases information is missing so loans cannot be processed. It also didn't stipulate whether they applied before the deadline that guaranteed finance by start of term. Maybe you should talk to those students that have had very good service, which is the majority.... but that wouldn't make very good news would it?

[jamieharris1990]

Thank you for your comment - it is not often that I receive them as a new journalist, so, as a student, I need some constructive criticism. Firstly, my figures are taken from a UCAS press release. From the date this video report was published, it was 100,000 waiting. As of mid nov, this number was reported to be around 70,000. The girl I interviewed is still waiting for her loan she changed course, which is thought to be the problem. However, she informed them correctly and promptly.

[jamieharris1990]

She is continually told to ring back in a few weeks and she will have it. The boy got his after the early stages of the delays. I havent had any trouble with the SLC. However, the assignment was to report on those who have. One would expect a company assigned to deal with this task to be able to complete it on time. So yes, this does make good news as we cannot simply ignore those struggling. Maybe the paper work should be simpler if there is so much missing information?

[spinalCJ]

hehehe very good, clipped accent, and OIT!! WEBB!! SHUT IT!!