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  "dataset_name": "State of UK Student Finance",
  "publisher": "UniSorted",
  "canonical_url": "https://unisorted.co.uk/state-of-student-finance-2026/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
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  "next_verification_due": "2026-12-10",
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      "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/repaying-your-student-loan/how-much-you-repay",
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    {
      "anchor": "plan5-term",
      "label": "Plan 5 loan write-off period",
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      "anchor": "maintenance-london-away",
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      "value": 14135,
      "unit": "GBP",
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    {
      "anchor": "maintenance-elsewhere-away",
      "label": "Maximum maintenance loan, rest of UK, living away, 2026-27",
      "value": 10830,
      "unit": "GBP",
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      "source_org": "gov.uk",
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      "label": "Average weekly student rent UK 2024-25",
      "value": null,
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      "source_url": "https://www.savills.co.uk/research_articles/229130/372340-0",
      "source_org": "Savills / UNIPOL",
      "verified_on": null,
      "status": "pending_fetch"
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      "anchor": "deficit-pct",
      "label": "% of UK students reporting monthly income deficit",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "source_url": "https://www.hepi.ac.uk/",
      "source_org": "HEPI Student Academic Experience Survey 2025",
      "verified_on": null,
      "status": "pending_fetch"
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    {
      "anchor": "grad-starting-salary",
      "label": "Median UK first-degree graduate salary 15 months after graduation",
      "value": null,
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      "source_url": "https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/18-07-2024/graduate-outcomes",
      "source_org": "HESA Graduate Outcomes",
      "verified_on": null,
      "status": "pending_fetch"
    },
    {
      "anchor": "first-in-family",
      "label": "% of 2025 undergraduate entrants first in family to attend university",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "source_url": "https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis",
      "source_org": "UCAS End of Cycle 2025",
      "verified_on": null,
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    },
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      "anchor": "food-insecurity",
      "label": "% of UK students food-insecure",
      "value": null,
      "unit": "percent",
      "source_url": "https://www.kcl.ac.uk/",
      "source_org": "Kings College London / Policy Institute",
      "verified_on": null,
      "status": "pending_fetch"
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}