More students will be able to access loans in an overhaul to England's student finance system - but remote learners will not get maintenance help.
The government has confirmed plans to allow people to access loans worth the equivalent of four years of post-18 education (£37,000 in today's tuition fees) throughout their lives.
It says the lifelong loan entitlement (LLE) will make courses more flexible.
But maintenance loans will be available only for in-person courses.
Currently, student finance for higher education in England is designed mainly to provide tuition-fee and maintenance loans for three-year undergraduate degrees. Education is devolved, so student finance is different in different parts of the UK.
