# The Agriculture (Student Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023, Regulation 6: Part-time higher education course

Extent: N.I.

(1) A “part-time higher education course” means a higher education course which meets the following conditions—
(a) it is of at least one academic year’s duration;
(b) 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
(c) the intensity of study in one academic year is less than or equal to 75%.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) “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.
(b) “standard full-time student” is a student who is to be taken—
(i) 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;
(ii) not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent;
(iii) not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent; and
(iv) not to be absent from the full-time equivalent other than during vacations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/98/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-student-fees-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-6
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