New laws which will stop providers over-charging for higher education courses funded through the new lifelong loan entitlement (LLE) have been laid in Parliament.
The lifelong learning (higher education fee limits) bill legislates for a new method of calculating the maximum fees providers can charge students for eligible flexible courses when the lifelong loan entitlement comes online in 2025.
It aims to make the cost of studying modules and short courses at levels 4 to 6 proportionate to the fee cap for full undergraduate study, currently £9,250 per year.
The bill follows the skills and post-16 education act, passed last year, which amended the definition of a ‘higher education course’ to include shorter, modular courses.
