From 2025, the Lifelong Learning Bill will give adults loans that are worth up to £37,000 which will allow them to pay for full-time courses such as university degrees or Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs).
Ahead of this, the Department for Education has launched the Modular Acceleration Program (MAP) where £5 million of funding over 2 years will be offered to those OfS-registered providers of HTQs. HTQs sit between A-levels/T-levels and degrees; they provide the learner with the skills that employers are looking for and are currently available in subjects such as Construction, and Health and Science, with more being introduced in the future.
The Lifelong Learning Act 2023 will mean that there will be a new method of calculating the maximum level of tuition fees so that the pricing of courses is at a fair level, with the intention that access to higher education will be a lot easier for those who need it.
