Total student loan when child finish university?

[luckybees]

What was you or your child student loan total when you finished uni? How long was the course? What year you finished? Did you borrow fees and maintenance? Have you/your child paid it already?

DH and I were lucky not to pay for university fees; not from the UK and lived at home so didn’t get in debt.

historically doctors had jobs and progression. Currently ? Many are unemployed in the UK and can't get progression as no jobs. Historically doctors became consultants and earned good money. Currently there are not many consultant jobs so people get stuck not earning huge money for saving your life.
We have enough doctors to clear the waiting lists (not just pay hospitals to dump people). But the NHS won't employ them. It's not cost as they are often cheaper than ANP/PA. It's politics.

Why is what happening in other countries not relevant but what is happening in the US is ???
clearly the current system isn’t working

Because my original comment to which you responded specifically mentioned the US. The system works, parents need to be better prepared

Agree, I knew and saved since DD was a baby

Lucky you to have the spare cash. Many of us didn't.

£250 from the child trust fund scheme then £25 a month myself and £10 a month by GP and then a lodger when DH was made redundant so we we could stay on plan to save. So not exactly awash with spare cash but knew if I didn't save then there was no way we'd have it later. Appreciate some don't even have that but for those that do, even a bit set aside takes the sting out of the fact that the student loan doesn't cover everything.

No child trust fund for us as DD2 born 6 months too early. No GP funds as they were v poor. But we managed to fund our 2 through 10 years combined Uni and both now have v good jobs (& humongous loans that just keep on growing). How ? Lidl and no holidays.

I object to the terms of the loan being changed after signing and an interest rate of RPI +++. Government claims RPI is too high a measure for doctor pay rises but it's an ok measure to charge them for loans.

Me £2000. DS £80000. My first mortgage was that much.