Silence of the Loans

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  • 13/07/2026

    Silence of the Loans: How Loan Book Fictions Prevent Higher Education Reform – The Post-18 Project

    The student loan book is not an asset. It is a political fiction that has outlived whatever usefulness it once possessed. For over a decade, it shielded the true cost of higher education from public view; now, perversely, it shields the true cost of inaction. Every year that the fiction is maintained, the Plan 5 book grows, the trap binds tighter, and the political consequences compound.

    Who can afford hope?

    The Post 18 Project