New funding scheme aims to help Londoners retrain without quitting work

London universities are among the first institutions approved to offer a new adult education funding scheme that will let people access student finance for shorter courses and retraining later in life.From this autumn, adults will be able to use student finance for the first time for flexible “bite-sized” university and college modules, rather than traditional full-length degree courses. The courses also won’t have a set deadline for completion, allowing adult students more tim