Part 1: Skills and Education for Work Chapter 3: Lifelong Learning
This chapter makes changes to primary legislation to make specific provision relating to the introduction of a lifelong loan entitlement, to support reforms set out in the white paper. It makes changes to the regulation-making powers of the Secretary of State to provide student finance in order to make specific provision for funding of modules of higher education and further education courses. It also makes clear that maximum amounts in relation to any loan or payment can be provided for on a basis other than academic year. This Chapter also amends the definition of "higher education course" for the purposes of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 ("HERA 2017") to make it clear that the regulatory regime provided for under Part 1 of HERA 2017 applies to a module of a course, where it is undertaken otherwise than as part of that course.  This would mean that modules offered by a provider which usually form part of a full course, but can be taken separately from the full course, would fall under the OfS regulatory regime.