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Students Loan News

It's Time To Introduce A New Loan System For Students

Thursday March 25, 2004
Re your article, ``Poverty-stricken students reliant on food handouts" (The Age, 22/3). An overhaul of income assistance for university students is needed, but not the kind that most lobbyists recommend. For years we have heard about student poverty, including girls working in the adult ind

Let's Look Logically At Paying Hecs Upfront: Don't Be A Mug

Saturday March 13, 2004
This is the time of year when many uni students and their parents demonstrate their ignorance of a key concept in economics and business: the ``time value of money". When it's used in business and finance to evaluate investment proposals, as it is every day, it's more commonly referred to as ``discounted cash flow" analysis, which yields a bottom line called the NPV net present value. If you've ever come across these terms and been puzzled, keep reading.

Time Takes Its Toll On Value Of Hecs Discount

Saturday March 13, 2004
This is the time of year when a lot of uni students and their parents demonstrate their ignorance of a key concept in economics and business the ``time value of money".

Uni Fee Rises Hurt Women

Tuesday March 9, 2004
UNIVERSITY of Wollongong students fear Federal Government plans to allow universities to charge higher fees for popular courses will make it harder for women to go to university.