The Student Voice

It can be argued universities also have a moral obligation to educate students about how course fees are charged and then repaid when they start working.

QUT student Caila Frost hasn't eaten fresh fruit and vegetables in more than a month, and lives on two-minute noodles, as cost of living bites.

Personal finance should be as core to a high school education as Shakespeare and algebra.

New analysis suggests humanities and communications students will take twice as long as they do now to pay off their HELP debts.

More than one in 20 people with a higher education debt owe more than $50,000, analysis of tax office data shows.

Families need clarity when it comes to figuring out how much higher education is going to cost them. Unfortunately, that's not what they're getting.

The dire state of student finances come the new academic year has been highlighted in new research which has shown one in ten students will blow just over £2,700 of their loan in the first fortnight. The new research has come from the Institute of Inertia - a partnership between the University of Sheffield and comparethemarket.com - which also found just over half will spend their entire loan before the end of term, while just over a quarter will see themselves fall into their overdraft.

More than a third of students at most Victorian universities are failing to complete their courses within six years, and the number of students dropping out nationally is climbing.

The five best financial moves to make after landing your first full-time job.

Four years ago, Tasha Torzsa was more than $16,000 in debt and struggling to pay for groceries. Here's how she turned her financial life around.

Many students are struggling financially, according to a new Universities Australia survey conducted by University of Melbourne researchers.

When budgeting out tuition and room and board, don’t forget about the costs of Uber and off-campus meals.