Millions of students are facing a debt of more than £50,000 – with some left owing over £100,000 – after studying at universities across England.
And for those unable to keep up with the interest, the debt keeps climbing.
In our latest episode of Sky News Explains, Olive Enokido-Lineham takes a forensic look at the reality facing a generation trapped in debt from student loans and asks where does the money go?
Watch the full episode at the top of this article.
Before re-launching Sky News Explains, Olive specialised in verification and open-source investigations (OSINT). Her stories include investigations into the war in Gaza, to verifying videos from Ukraine and Syria.
Olive also produced the Sky News documentary Escaping Putin, which follows a Russian soldier who fled from the army.