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Regulation 3

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In regulation 2(1) the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate places–

  • ““advanced education” means full-time education for the purposes of–

    1. (a)

      a course in preparation for a degree, a diploma of higher education, a higher national diploma, a higher national diploma of the Business and Technician Education Council or the Scottish Vocational Education Council, or a teaching qualification; or

    2. (b)

      any other course which is of a standard above ordinary national diploma, a diploma of the Business and Technician Education Council or a national certificate of the Scottish Vocational Education Council, a general certificate of education (advanced level), a Scottish certificate of education (higher grade) or a Scottish certificate of Sixth Year Studies;

  • “Excellence in Cities” means the programme of action by the Department for Education and Employment to raise education standards in selected urban areas;

  • “learning mentor” means a person appointed or engaged to work at one or more secondary schools included in the Excellence in Cities programme to assist those pupils who need additional support to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside school;

  • “learning support unit” means a unit in a secondary school included in the Excellence in Cities programme which provides separate short-term teaching and support programmes for pupils who need intensive support; and

  • “summer school project” means a project included in the Department for Education and Employment’s pilot programme for study support summer schools;”.