Regulation 9 Attachment of credits

(1)

This regulation makes provision about when a course year is to be regarded as having credits attached to it for the purposes of paragraph 1B(1) of Schedule 2 to the 2017 Act.

(2)

A course year is to be regarded as having credits attached to it in circumstances where all of the following criteria are met—

(a)

the provider has notified the Secretary of State in advance of a course year, or promptly when a change occurs, of the number of credits for which the provider intends to charge—

(i)

that are to be regarded as attached to the course year, and

(ii)

in the case of a course year containing credit-differentiated activities, that are to be further regarded as attached to the respective credit-differentiated activities;

(b)

each attached credit denotes 10 notional learning hours;

(c)

the course year is not from a course listed in paragraph (3).

(3)

The courses are—

(a)

a first degree in medicine;

(b)

a graduate entry degree in medicine;

(c)

a first degree in dentistry;

(d)

a graduate entry degree in dentistry;

(e)

a first degree in nursing;

(f)

a first degree in veterinary science;

(g)

a graduate entry degree in veterinary science;

(h)

a first degree in midwifery;

(i)

a postgraduate pre-registration course;

(j)

a one year full-time equivalent teacher training course.

(4)

Where a course year contains at least one credit-differentiated activity that is not regarded as having credits attached to it, the course year is to be treated as not having credits attached to it.

(5)

Where a change to the activities undertaken during a course year occurs during the course year, the notification referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is to be repeated and the fee limit determined afresh in accordance with—

(a)

section 10 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2017 Act, and

(b)

these Regulations.

(6)

In this regulation—

(a)

“allied health profession subject” means chiropody, a dental profession subject, dietetics, dietetics and nutrition, occupational therapy, orthoptics, orthotics and prosthetics, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography, radiotherapy or speech and language therapy;

(b)

“dental profession subject” means dental hygiene, dental therapy and dental hygiene, or dental therapy;

(c)

“postgraduate pre-registration course” means an education and training programme leading to a graduate master’s degree or a postgraduate diploma which is a condition of inclusion in the register (or, as the case may be, the relevant part or parts of the register) maintained by—

(i)

the Health and Care Professions Council, for allied health profession subjects other than dental profession subjects, or

(ii)

the Nursing and Midwifery Council, for midwifery or nursing.

(7)

This regulation is subject to regulation 17(3).