So do you pay off just the maintenance loan part? Sorry I kind of don't follow xP
Our student loans get paid directly to the school also, most of the time. Mine always have been and the first year I didn't know that so I paid the school twice and thought I was gonna be SO poor and starve the first term of uni. lmfao.
No, you pay both tuition and maintenance back, it's just you never see the tuition part yourself. Tuition is currently a max of £9,000/year which was a big increase a few years ago. When I was at uni (2007-11), my tuition was slightly over £3,000/year. The maintenance loan varies, you get a much bigger loan if you live in London.
We essentially have a graduate tax that kicks in at a certain salary threshold.