The Telegraph says sharia student finance is for Muslim students. Its own article says it is open to all.

The government's Alternative Student Finance is open to every eligible student and repaid at the same cost as a standard loan. Ask IPSO to make the Telegraph correct its headline.

The Telegraph headline 10 November 2026

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On 10 November 2026 The Telegraph published "British universities advertise 'interest-free' sharia loans to Muslim students", by Hayley Dixon and Richard White. In browser tabs and search results the headline says universities "offer" them.

The article underneath says something else. Its fourth paragraph says the system "is open to all". Further down: "Any student can apply for the new finance, and they will repay the same amount as everyone else, on the same dates." The Department for Education told the paper it would be "completely false to assert that Alternative Student Finance arrangements would give favourable treatment to Muslim students".

The government's own guidance says the same. Alternative Student Finance "will be available for any undergraduate students who are eligible for student finance", and students make contributions "of the same amount and at the same time" as repayments on a standard loan. Nobody can get it yet: the government has not set a date.