I owe £44k in student debt. Should I care? | BBC News

How can you spend years paying off your student loan and still owe more than you borrowed?

Ten years ago, the first Plan 2 borrowers started repaying their student loans. Since then, graduates who left university with similar debts have found themselves on very different financial paths.

The amount you earn affects how much you repay, how much interest builds up and whether you'll ever clear your balance. BBC Education Correspondent Hazel Shearing investigates why so many graduates are frustrated with the system and what their student loan really means for their future.

00:00 - Hazel’s story
01:46 - What happened in 2012?
02:22 - What are plan 2 loans?
03:17 - Argument for plan 2 loans
04:08 - What do people think the problem is?
05:20 - The impact of plan 2 loans
06:14 - 10 years since repayments started
06:38 - We went to uni together, here's what we owe now
09:07 - Rethink Repayment campaign explained
10:36 - The script... the mis-selling scandal explained
11:56 - How your earnings affect your loan
12:10 - Should you try to clear your loan quicker?
13:33 - More information on loans
13:42 - Three things campaign groups want
15:06 - So what’s next?

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