The sector has long awaited detail on how the Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE) would work in practice to support the Government’s vision for lifelong learning.
Last week, we got the first glimpse of primary legislation – the Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill – which provides some answers: credit-based fee limits for these shorter modules and courses, and the introduction of a “course year” to allow tuition fee loans to be offered with more precision depending on when a learner begins their course.
The QAA is the custodian for the Higher Education Credit Framework for England, which is central to the success of this proposed legislative approach. Revised in 2021, it is a nationally agreed, sector-owned approach to using credit in England.
