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<p>The Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE) will be introduced from 2025. The government
has already introduced key legislation as part of the Skills and Post-16 Education
Act 2022.Building on these measures, on 1 February 2023 the government introduced
the Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill as a further step towards
delivery of the LLE from 2025.</p><p>As part of the pathway towards the LLE, we will
stimulate the provision of high-quality higher technical education (Levels 4 and 5)
and have introduced pilots to inform future flexible and modular provision. As of
the start of the 2022/23 academic year, we are trialling loan-funded access to tuition
fees for over 100 short courses at Levels 4 to 6 at 22 providers across England. This
will help us build and test towards the LLE, and will allow students to study and
build up the skills they need more flexibly.</p><p>On 6 May 2022, the department concluded
its consultation on the LLE, as part of the planned pathway to delivery from 2025.
This consultation and other ongoing sector engagement is a critical part of delivering
a transformation of student finance. We are carefully considering the contributions
and will publish our response in due course.</p>
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