Is there such a thing as a private student loan?

[KatyMac]

From any banks and are they a good idea or financially a disaster?

That's what I thought

It was suggested as a way of funding a 3yr course so that wouldn't work

Apparently Barclays, Co-op & Santendar have them but all could find was. The CDLoans

There is a peer to peer lending scheme called studentfunder

Thanks I'll have a read