Student loan run aways should be arrested on return.

[Itchy]

https://www.independent.co.uk/student/istudents/arrest-graduates-who-avoid-repaying-their-student-loan-new-zealand-hepi-university-debt-a7162651.html

New Zealand apparently does it. After all the people taking out the loans made an implicit agreement to pay it back. If they run away then they're essentially making everybody else pay for it.

What say you?
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[The Artist]

Shouldn't it be treated as any other form of loan in this regard?

[Ste]

Have the junior doctors who went on strike left the country yet?

[CaNsA]

There's someone I used to know that I would love to see this happen to.

Skipped out on a bunch of student loans, and owing me about £1500.

[Sun Wukong]

Take the time to read the article, and you will see the real issues behind it.


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[Im-a-Ridah]

There would be a definite hypocrisy here as you would have a multi-millionaire like Dave Cameron, who got free uni tuition from the state, sending cops to arrest some working class person from a council estate for walking out on their tuition fees which he tripled.

[G]

Yep, I'd say the real issues are people saying things like:

[Rogerborg]

Criminalising student debt avoidance sounds like a great idea. I can't think of a better use of my tax money than arresting, prosecuting, trialling and incarcerating some Gender Studies graduate barely making a pay-back salary, therefore making them (even more) unemployable and putting them on benefits for life.
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[MCN]

Don't do something ye canny afford to finance. Don't criticise the student lone schemes then let Senga pump out as many weans/sprogs as she can whilst on benefits.

Or rather, criticise the Benefits scheme more to save money in order to educate the masses out of poverty breeding existence.

If there's to be parity let's make it fair.

And another thing.....
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[Lord Percy]

[The Artist]

[M.C]

So I saved up and paid off mine in one lump sum (that was a dark day), but higher education for a lot of people's a con. Crap uni's pushing worthless degrees where you end up working in Tesco.

I bailed after a year when I realised the lecturers didn't have a clue (I genuinely mean this), despite being a BSc it was completely useless, and most people were only there for a visa.

A friend did complete his and now works security... in Tesco. If a degree doesn't differentiate between people (because everyone's got a BS degree), or the quality's so bad it doesn't prepare you at all for a job in the field, then it's a waste of time.

In that situation I fully understand why you would bail on your student debt, rather than spending years in a low paid job paying it off.

[Kickstart]

Hi

My understanding is that it was a part of the agreement for a student loan that there were get out clauses from paying for it (moving abroad, or not earning enough to pay it back for a long time being some of them). In which case it would need to be retrospectively introduced.

Tbh, while I can see the attraction, I am more inclined to suggest that it is a sign of a very badly implemented scheme. Setting things up so there is a major financial incentive for graduates to move abroad seems lunacy.

All the best

Katy
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[Lord Percy]

[Lord Percy]

[Itchy]

Potential student loan welcher detected

[The Artist]

[Itchy]

How about having their degree annulled then? If they do their due diligence and or provenance should check with the issuing university the authenticity of the qualification.

If they don't pay then it gets invalidated and the degree cert becomes one of those novelty degrees.

If one party doesn't meet the obligations then nor does the other side have to.
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[Lord Percy]

[hmmmnz]

about a year ago my mate was returning home to nz, and had to pay $5000 when he landed, for his out standing student loans,

i paid mine off quite a while back, then got a bill for extra, for the time i spent out of the country.

its all a bit heavy handed in my opinion,

really education should be free, especially considering how left wing nz is
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[Sload]

What is to be gained by criminalising these people? Would this increase the chances of recovering the loans at all?

Is this just a drive to try to reduce potential applicants?

[M.C]

[G]

[Sload]

Aye, wasn't debating the morals of it.
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[Dave500]

What's wrong with the current system? If that is the cost to go to uni then that is the cost you either pay in full or get the student loan out for.
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