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by **Milo** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 10:45 am

And as more and more EU students are attracted to the UK by the offer of student loans, the amount of money owed will just grow and grow.

It’s financial lunacy — and the poor old British taxpayer who will continue to suffer.

Furthermore it's dishonest, and noteworthy is why Cypriot students owe the most?

by **GreekIslandGirl** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:32 am

And on and on she drones with her anti-Cypriot bile, oblivious to facts and truth. Ignorant of the desperation the Universities feel to attract more EU and foreign students to secure their survival .... like a demented Theresa May shouting Go Home! before she realised how much money the UK stood to lose if people listened!

by **Jimski999** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:49 pm

Maybe they haven't reached the salary required to start paying back the loan; with the present financial situation and the cut in salaries in Cyprus this could well be the case.

Jimski

by **GreekIslandGirl** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:09 pm

Jimski999 wrote:Maybe they haven't reached the salary required to start paying back the loan; with the present financial situation and the cut in salaries in Cyprus this could well be the case.

Jimski

Absolutely, Jimski. These "loans", which remain as money in the UK, as they go directly to pay the Universities, are only expected to be paid back over some 20 or more years when the graduates reach a certain salary threshold. The Daily Mail is just stoking up hatred and there are those who are only too keen to vent their spleens as soon as Cyprus is mentioned.

For the umpteenth time ... UK Universities are desperate for foreign students and the UK economy benefits tremendously.

by **kurupetos** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:16 pm

Milo wrote:So if they're free and better in Scandanavia, why dont they go there then? Could it be they can't live the high life unless they borrow money from other people.

Could it be the loan that attracts them? that some have no intention of paying back?

Sign a contract and don't honour it, what a good start to working life, it's basically thieving.

Take their degrees back unless they start paying.

No, they don't go there because positions/universities are limited. :wink:

by **kurupetos** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:18 pm

Milo wrote:And as more and more EU students are attracted to the UK by the offer of student loans, the amount of money owed will just grow and grow.

It’s financial lunacy — and the poor old British taxpayer who will continue to suffer.

Furthermore it's dishonest, and noteworthy is why Cypriot students owe the most?

So stop offering loans, and see who loses... Simples. :lol:

by **kurupetos** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:19 pm

Jimski999 wrote:Maybe they haven't reached the salary required to start paying back the loan; with the present financial situation and the cut in salaries in Cyprus this could well be the case.

Jimski

Will they ever? :lol:

by **Lordo** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:33 pm

where does this anti-cyprus sentiment comes from, all students from where ever they are from get the same treatment except the fact that the locals get a grant.

you have to earn 25k before you start paying and it is minimum amount.

by **Milo** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 6:27 pm

In the UK the threshold to start paying back is £15k after a year of earning, in Cyprus it may be lower given the different salaries there.

Hiding the fact under hatred and racist vitriol as some do wont of course make it go away the 790 comments are baying for blood, and it's certainly not just in the DM.

Why one can demean everything british from a bolt hole in the UK, yet no one is allowed to make ANY negative comments against Cyprus is rather tedious now. Certainly boring and the tune most definitely needs changing...yawn..

Facts are facts, rescind degrees until payments start, it's very simple, dishonesty shouldn't go unpunished IF your degrees are at all useful ( some are a load of rubbish IMO ) then you will cough up what you owe the SLC.

Of course if the Brits students were doing it in Cyprus, I'm sure there'd be a storm .... :roll:

by **GreekIslandGirl** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:05 pm

kurupetos wrote:
Milo wrote:And as more and more EU students are attracted to the UK by the offer of student loans, the amount of money owed will just grow and grow.

It’s financial lunacy — and the poor old British taxpayer who will continue to suffer.

Furthermore it's dishonest, and noteworthy is why Cypriot students owe the most?

So stop offering loans, and see who loses... Simples.

Daily Mail readers don't care if all the UK universities close because of their racist scaremongering stories. :roll:

Some people just don't understand that these "loans" are a BRIBE to get foreign students to come over to the UK.