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Graduates are right to be furious about student loans

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By Ellen Pasternack
| The Spectator Australia Verified
When I was seventeen, I signed up for a student loan to cover the cost of going to university. Teachers, parents and the university system were in unanimous agreement that the loan was a good deal, enabling me to study and then pay back what I owed once I started earning a good salary. I was not told that going to university would mean allowing the state to seize arbitrary amounts of my income to plug gaps in its budget for most of the rest of my working life.
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The tyranny of equality

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By Ellen Pasternack
| The Critic Magazine (UK) Verified
This article is taken from the June 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. Today, I got my job allocation as an incoming doctor. After 9 years studying at Cambridge, a PhD and scholarships … I’ve been placed in Northern Ireland — hours away from any friends or family. So I’ve made the tough decision: I won’t be taking this job.
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No place like home

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By Ellen Pasternack
| The Critic Magazine (UK) Verified
This article is taken from the April 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. It’s early evening, and I am saying goodbye to my friends at a restaurant in Vauxhall. While they finish dinner without me, I will be on my way to view a flatshare on the other side of town — approximately my tenth such appointment in the last month.
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