Grace (surname withheld) was 18 when she took on a debt she didn’t fully understand.
Drawn to a career in public policy, she enrolled in an Applied Public Health and Global Studies course. But the degree, which features science-heavy units — anatomy, physiology and laboratory work — cost far more than she anticipated.
“No one tells us about it,” she tells The Feed of the HELP loan that funded it.
“When I was at school, I was naive … I didn’t realise it was a loan that you have to pay back.”
Now 24 and working as an executive coordinator at a public hospital, the recent graduate has watched her loan balance swing in ways that feel beyond her control.
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