IFS – The impact of student loan minimum eligibility requirements

In February 2022, the government announced reforms to the English higher education system as part of its long-awaited response to the 2019 Augar Review of post-16 education. In addition to introducing changes to the student loan system,[1] the government also opened a consultation on further changes to the system (Department for Education, 2022a), including on the introduction of a minimum eligibility requirement (MER) for access to student loans. Read more.