How do you get a degree, and then not earn enough to pay the fees back??
quite simple really,
Briefly,
most jobs pay less than the average salary, most jobs outside london pay far less than the average, if you earn less than average you don’t pay it back.
I thought the whole point of getting a degree meant you should be earning more than those of us who never got one?
Depends on why you do a degree i guess, a job or for knowledge, whether you decide the degree leads to a job you don’t actually want etc.
I should point out the government changed the rules, i suspect they realised how many were never going to pay back hence they changed the earnings threshold to c£15k, rather than mine which is c£26k.