For many graduates, the stress and anxiety of growing student debt is a constant worry even despite their career.
Dr. Amber Savary-Trathen, 32, graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2019, having borrowed £52,900 from the Student Loans Company to complete her studies. She now owes £67,000.
Amber, who works in Brighton as a doctor of internal medicine, says the current student loans system feels “unfair”, with high interest rates seeming like “more of a punishment” for pursuing higher education.
She was left shocked and “depressed” when she realised her debt had increased by £15k seven years after leading medical school.
“I’ve been paying it off for about seven years and it’s gone up,” Dr. Amber told The i Paper. “I owe more now than I did when I finished studying. I was so depressed when I first realised that.”
