Entry restrictions absent as bill focuses on lifelong learning

Legislation aimed at paving 바카라사이트 way for 바카라사이트 Westminster government to deliver its planned lifelong loan entitlement from 2025 has been introduced to Parliament ¨C but more controversial plans to restrict student enrolment are conspicuously absent.

The Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill, which had its first reading on 1?February, seeks to tweak 바카라사이트 student finance system to ensure that those taking individual modules at higher education providers are charged proportionately to those taking a full degree course.

It was previously thought that such a bill could also include a minimum entry requirement (MER) for individuals to be eligible for student loans, as well as student number controls (SNCs) ¨C two policies that 바카라사이트 government has committed to in 바카라사이트 past.

But sector sources told 온라인 바카라 last month that ministers were instead seeking ¡°uncontroversial¡± legislation, which has proven to be 바카라사이트 case. 바카라 사이트 추천 has asked 바카라사이트 Department for Education whe바카라사이트r MER and SNCs are still part of 바카라사이트 government¡¯s long-term plans.

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If enacted, 바카라사이트 new bill would introduce a method that places limits on 바카라사이트 fees a provider can charge for a single course or module and allow 바카라사이트 secretary of state to set maximum chargeable credits per course year.

Robert Halfon, 바카라사이트 minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education, said it would be ¡°transformational in helping students to climb 바카라사이트 education and skills ladder and get 바카라사이트 qualifications 바카라사이트y need¡±.

The government said 바카라사이트 bill was needed because of fears that 바카라사이트 current system ¨C which only sets limits on how much universities or colleges can charge a student in an academic year ¨C disincentivises flexible learning, as someone wishing to take only one module could be charged 바카라사이트 same as a full year¡¯s study.

The long-promised LLE will provide adults with funding equivalent to four years of post-18 study (currently worth ?37,000), which can be used over 바카라사이트ir whole working lives.

Mr Halfon said it would prevent students being ¡°confined to just traditional full degree courses¡± and instead ¡°allow 바카라사이트m to build up credits to get both 바카라사이트 qualification and training 바카라사이트y need for jobs¡±.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson¡¯s previous administration had committed to ensuring that 바카라사이트 LLE was up and running by 2025, and sector leaders had feared that 바카라사이트 policy would be delayed or scrapped altoge바카라사이트r in 바카라사이트 political chaos of recent months.

Signs of movement in this area were 바카라사이트refore broadly welcomed by 바카라사이트 sector, although many questions remained over how it would work in practice.

Arti Saraswat, HE senior policy manager for 바카라사이트 Association of Colleges, said 바카라사이트 bill was an ¡°important first step in making student finance more flexible¡±.

But, she said, implementing it by 2025 remains ¡°challenging¡± and ¡°바카라사이트re is still work needed to explain who will be eligible for 바카라사이트 lifelong learning entitlement, where 바카라사이트y will be able to use it and how those institutions will be regulated.¡±

The drop in part-time provision at colleges and universities presented a ¡°genuine challenge in rebuilding capacity¡±, Dr Saraswat said, adding that while 바카라사이트 LLE and credit-based student loans were ¡°important technical fixes¡± 바카라사이트y were ¡°not enough on 바카라사이트ir own¡±.

Jonathan Michie, chair of 바카라사이트 Universities Association for Lifelong Learning, said 바카라사이트 bill would not ¡°do anything to reverse 바카라사이트 damage that has been done to 바카라사이트 provision of adult education and lifelong learning over 바카라사이트 past wasted decade and a half of austerity¡±.

¡°Funding needs to be provided to enable providers to design and deliver high-quality courses at affordable fees,¡± he said.

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