Support available for Manx university students to be reviewed

DESC says it won't changed what is offered, but how it can 'divide the cake' to best suit

The Department of Education, Sport and Culture is going to be reviewing what support it provides to Manx university students.

Minister Daphne Caine has been responding to a question in the House of Keys about the combined incomes for graduate support.

Currently there are three grants and a loan available to students, which are mostly means-tested.

Mrs Caine, who declared she has children of university age, says the review won't change what support is offered, but how it can be offered to the most number of people: