The Government have announced an increase to the Home student tuition fee by £285 to £9,535 per year and an increase in maintenance loans from September 2025.

Students' Union UCL President, Goksu Danaci, said:

“Historic below-inflation increases have eroded the value of maintenance loans and students have urgently needed these to increase to meet cost of living pressures. So far this year we've seen our highest level of demand for our financial support funds.

Whilst we welcome the news that maintenance loans available to students will increase in line with inflation from next year, today’s announcement feels like a sticking plaster for the sector. Alongside students’ unions across the Russell Group, we urge the Government to listen to students and reform higher education funding, increasing public investment in HE and reducing student fees in the long term. We are ready to start this conversation with Government as soon as possible."


NOTES TO EDITORS

  • Students' Union UCL is a charity, led by students, which exists for the advancement of education of students at UCL for the public benefit.
  • We represent approximately 50,000 students from more than 150 countries who study at UCL.
  • We allocate more than £200,000 per year to students facing financial hardship. Detials on our hardship schemes can be found here.
  • We are part of Russell Group Students' Unions, a collective of Students’ Unions at Russell Group universities representing more than 700,000 students across the UK working together to ensure the student experience at Russell Group universities reflects their world-class reputation.