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How much Lifelong Learning Entitlement you could get

Explains how we'll work out your Lifelong Learning Entitlement when you have previously studied and used student finance. This is known as residual entitlement.

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Department for Education
Published:
15 November 2023
Last updated:
30 October 2024
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  1. Updated 'How much Lifelong Learning Entitlement you could get' to reflect the launch of the LLE in the 2026 to 2027 academic year.

  2. First published.

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This guidance uses 2024 to 2025 fee limits as the basis. We will update for 2025 to 2026 in due course.

Applies to England

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How much Lifelong Learning Entitlement you could get

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The guidance explains the residual entitlement calculation for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.

This is the calculation we’ll use to work out how much tuition fee loan learners who have previously studied on a level 4 to 6 course can access.

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