Up to 270 fraudulent claims worth up to £3.7m were identified by the Student Loans Company (SLC) last year, with £2.8m saved and £843,000 lost, The Sunday Times reported.

Fraud experts are set to investigate suspicions thousands of students are fraudulently claiming hundreds of millions of pounds in student loans with no plans to study - or pay the money back.

Millions of pounds are being fraudulently claimed from Britain's university student loan system by fake students who have no intention of studying at an academic institution, according to an ...

The education secretary says claims of student loan fraud point to one of the "biggest financial scandals" in the university sector.

Scammers have stolen more than $10 million in federal financial aid from California’s community colleges in the last 12 ...

A newly published investigation from a national newspaper has named a university in Buckinghamshire in connection with ...

A Kent university has been named in a fraudulent student loan scandal, with fake applicants targetting the UK scheme for ...

Loans are only repayable when a student leaves and earns more than £25,000 a year; the debt is wiped completely after 40 years. In 2023, the SLC's fraud unit became concerned about the rising ...

The education secretary has asked counter-fraud experts to lead an investigation into reports millions of pounds in student loans are being claimed by people with no intent to study. It follows a ...