NUS welcomes independent review of Student Loans Company

Deian Hopkin, the retired former vice-chancellor of London South Bank University, will conduct the inquiry into the fiasco while Bernadette Kenny of HM Revenue and Customs will be leading a review of the Student Loans Company in light of the delays in processing this year’s student loans.

NUS President Wes Streeting said "I am relieved that Sir Deian Hopkin and Bernadette Kenny have been appointed to cast an independent eye on the investigation into what has gone so spectacularly wrong with the payment of students' grants and loans this summer.

“I hope that this review will lead to a full and frank analysis of this shambles and that the management of the SLC will be held to account for a fiasco that has left hundreds of thousands affected by late payments, lost documentation and a miserable start to their first term at university."

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