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Student nurses are to have their grants cut and will instead have to take out loans to pay for their tuition fees, George Osborne has revealed in his Autumn Statement.
The students will stop receiving bursaries in the hope the move, which has been described as "devastating", will save up to £800m a year for the government.
Stephanie Jansky is a 26-year-old who has been studying for the past two years to gain the necessary qualifications needed to enter nursing, whilst working full time.
"I already have a student loan from a previous degree and the news today that Osborne is cutting bursaries is devastating," she told The Huffington Post UK.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...urses-replaces-them-with-loans_n_8646538.html
The students will stop receiving bursaries in the hope the move, which has been described as "devastating", will save up to £800m a year for the government.
Stephanie Jansky is a 26-year-old who has been studying for the past two years to gain the necessary qualifications needed to enter nursing, whilst working full time.
"I already have a student loan from a previous degree and the news today that Osborne is cutting bursaries is devastating," she told The Huffington Post UK.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/201...urses-replaces-them-with-loans_n_8646538.html