# The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018, Regulation 16: Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011


Before regulation 141, insert—
“PART 11A
Fee support, grants and allowances for designated part-time courses
Interpretation of Part 11A
140A. (1) In this Part, the current part-time course is treated as beginning before 1st September 2012 in relation to a student (“A”) where—
(a) A transfers to the current part-time course pursuant to regulation 139A on or after 1st September 2012 from a designated part-time course beginning before 1st September 2012; or
(b) the current part-time course is an end-on course of the kind described in paragraph (g) of the definition of “end-on course” in regulation 2.
(2) In this Part, the intensity of study is calculated as follows and expressed as a percentage—
( PT / FT )×100 where—
PT is the number of modules, credits, credit points, points or other unit to be awarded to the eligible part-time student by the academic authority if the student successfully completes the academic year in connection with which that student is applying for support;
FT is—
(a) where the course is provided by or on behalf of the Open University, 120;
(b) where the course is provided by or on behalf of any other institution, the number of modules, credits, credit points, points or other unit that a standard full-time student would be required to obtain in each academic year in order to complete the full-time equivalent within the period ordinarily required to complete that course.
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(a) the reference to the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent means—
(i) where the course is provided by or on behalf of the Open University, the period that a standard full-time student would require to complete the full-time equivalent if that student were awarded 120 credit points in each academic year;
(ii) where the course is provided by or on behalf of any other institution, the period in which a standard full-time student would complete the full-time equivalent;
(b) “standard full-time student” is a student who is to be taken—
(i) to have begun the full-time equivalent course on the same date as the eligible part-time student began the part-time course in question;
(ii) not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent course;
(iii) not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent course; and
(iv) not to be absent from the full-time equivalent course other than during vacations.
Availability of support to prisoners
140B. An eligible part-time student who is a prisoner qualifies for support under this Part only—
(a) if the student is an eligible prisoner; or
(b) in respect of an academic year during which the student enters prison or is released from prison.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/472/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-amendment-no-3-regulations-2018/regulation-16
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