For lifelong learning, England’s ELQ rule must be scrapped

Any savings on the student loan book will be dwarfed by the costs of making retraining harder, says Jo Johnson 

Published on
August 2, 2021
Last updated
August 3, 2021
Jo Johnson
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Print headline: Scrap ELQ for true progress

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#1 Submitted by d.green... on August 2, 2021 - 9:13pm
Lord Johnson is quite right that the ELQ rule should be scrapped. Its introduction was both foolish and mean. Its continuation for nearly 15 years now has been immensely harmful to many, many would-be mature students.

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