# The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, Regulation 35: Amount of fee loan for a course

Extent: E+W

(1) The number of credits associated with an activity across a course for which a student may receive a fee loan must not exceed the “fee loan per-course amount” provided for in this regulation.
(2) The fee loan per-course amount for normal taught study (which varies among courses)—
(a) for ALL-transfer courses, gateway courses, approved HTQs and Initial Further Education Teacher Training Courses, must be published by the Secretary of State;
(b) for full courses listed in Schedule 6 (fee loan per-course amounts for various higher education courses), is as set out in that Schedule.
(3) There is no fee loan per-course amount for repeat study or for modules.
(4) The fee loan per-course amount for other activities (which is consistent among courses) is shown in the table below—
Activity
Fee loan per-course amount
foundation year
120
sandwich placement
120
study abroad
120
Turing mobility
120
intercalated year
120
(5) The fee loan per-course amount for a top-up course is the lower of—
(a) the fee loan per-course amount for a typical full course that leads to the same qualification, or
(b) the number of full-time equivalent years multiplied by 120.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), a “top-up course” is a course that—
(a) involves substantially less learning time than a typical full course leading to the same qualification, and
(b) requires students to have substantial relevant prior learning or experience as part of the entry requirements (which could be, but is not limited to, a qualification in the same field).
(7) In the case of top-up courses that are only offered part-time, the number of full-time equivalent years is the number of years that it would take to complete the course if studying 120 credits (or 1,200 notional learning hours) per year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/regulation/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-35
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