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It was fine if you got a full grant as I did, or even if the parents only had to pay a little. For some, their parents were assesed as being able to make quite a significant contribution but they actually found it quite difficult to make them. So the loans which are available to most now do at least mean that everyone does get something.(they gradually decrease according to income but parental income does have to be quite high for them to disappear altogether)Although students have to pay back nmore now, at least the salary they have to earn is higher now, and they pay back less each month than formerly, so it's almost like an additional tax rather than paying off some huge sum. Tuition fees were of course previoulsy paid for by the local authority