Have your say on government e-petitions

Provide maintenance loans to distance learners

Submitted by Bethany Fletcher on Tuesday 5th August 2025

Published on Friday 29th August 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 28th February 2026

Signatures: 80

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Access ~ Careers ~ Change ~ Distance ~ England ~ Ensure ~ Finance ~ formal ~ Personality ~ Student finance ~ Studies

Petition Action

Provide maintenance loans to distance learners

Petition Details

Student Finance England should provide maintenance loans for distance learners. We believe this can help ensure those who want to start or change careers without uprooting, by studying flexibly online, aren't priced out of doing so.

Additional Information

Unless they have a disability preventing them attending a course in person, English students aren't usually eligible for maintenance loans if they study remotely. This can mean those from lower income households can't access some courses, including those that do not require formal qualifications.


You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

216.73.217.179 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:48:55 +0100