My £17,000 student debt’s wiped out...thanks to the Daily Express
GRADUATE Claire Rodgerson has had her £17,000 student loan paid off courtesy of the Daily Express – and mum.
Without telling Claire, her mother Karen entered the Daily Express Student Loan competition and was thrilled to hear she had won.
It means Claire, 26, who graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University in global development and international relations, can concentrate on working for Oxfam without having to worry about spending years paying off the debt.
“The whole family is thrilled for Claire,” said Mrs Rodgerson, a radiographer from Sunderland.
“She doesn’t earn a lot working in the charity sector and the idea of paying back a loan for years was rather daunting.”
Mrs Rodgerson’s was the first name drawn from the thousands who entered the competition.
She said: “The first thing Claire said when I told her was, ‘Can I share it with my sister?’ It was a lovely idea but I told her I’ll enter again when Anna, who’s 17, graduates.”