The Lifelong Learning Entitlement: Transforming the post-18 Higher Education funding system

The biggest change to the higher education funding system is being implemented and will come into force on 1 January 2027. The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) will replace the traditional student finance system in England for post-18 undergraduate education. The government is adopting a carefully phased approach to the rollout of modular provision, with a narrower range of modular study available at launch. These significant changes will shift the system from block funding for whole degrees to a flexible, credit-based model.

Target audience

This webinar provides critical knowledge for careers leaders and career development practitioners, enabling them to guide a range of clients through modular and non-linear career pathways.

Speaker biography

Charmaine Valente RCDP is a dedicated career guidance professional and Funding Information Partner Account Manager at the Student Loans Company. She combines extensive banking expertise with a strong background in advocacy and specialist support for vulnerable student groups, including care leavers, estranged students and children from military service families. She frequently engages with widening participation research and initiatives aimed at care leavers, such as the 12by24 project, to ensure comprehensive and targeted support. She also delivers critical training through partnership work with universities, colleges, local authorities and various outreach networks on how to access vital funding, grants, and specialised university bursaries.

She is an active member of the government’s Vulnerable Students Stakeholders Group (VSSG), helping to shape processes for care-experienced and estranged young people, and is a Registered Member of the CDI.

This session supports the following CPD competencies:

•    Career Development Practice
•    Career-Related Policy and Practice