Advanced Learner Loans Stakeholder Group
Last updated: 10 May 2024
The Advanced Learner Loans Stakeholder Group is a joint group between the Department for Education (DfE) and Student Loans Company (SLC).
The purpose of the group is:
- To bring external insights and provide expert advice regarding the Advanced Learner Loans Service
- To provide feedback on service functionality and issues ‘on the ground’
- To help identify risks and key issues and provide advice regarding mitigating actions in the delivery of the service
- To provide specialist input into Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG), specifically into the SLC’s and NCS’s websites content
- To suggest future improvements and changes to the service
- To support and SLC by providing communications channels direct to learners and learning providers
- To update stakeholders on emerging policy regarding FE Loans and act as an informal channel for gathering feedback.
Membership
Chair – College Principal
- Up to 8 nominated Learning provider representatives from colleges and training organisations
- Student Loans Company (SLC)
- Department for Education (DfE)
- Association of Colleges (AoC)
- Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP)
- National Union of Students (NUS)
- Learning and Work Institute (LWI)
Specialist invitees from sector may attend, depending on agenda.