Regulation 6 Part-time higher education courseI1
Northern Ireland
A “part-time higher education course” means a higher education course which meets the following conditions—
it is of at least one academic year’s duration;
it is ordinarily possible to complete the higher education course in not more than four times the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent; and
the intensity of study in one academic year is less than or equal to 75%.
In paragraph (1)—
“period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent” means the period in which a standard full-time student would complete the full-time equivalent or a full-time higher education course at the same FHEQ level where no full-time equivalent exists.
“standard full-time student” is a student who is to be taken—
to have begun the full-time equivalent on the same date as the part-time student began the part-time higher education course in question;
not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent;
not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent; and
not to be absent from the full-time equivalent other than during vacations.