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Regulation 157A Interpretation of Part 11BF1

(1)

In this Part,

(a)

“eligible part-time student with full entitlement” is an eligible part-time student other than an eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement;

(b)

“eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement” has the meaning given in regulation 157F(3);

(c)

“special support loan” is a loan to defray the costs of books, equipment, travel or childcare incurred for the purpose of attending a designated part-time course;

(d)

“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 eligible part-time student began the part-time 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.

(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 a loan for living costs;

  • FT is—

    1. (a)

      where the course is provided by or on behalf of the Open University, 120;

    2. (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 this Part, a reference to the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent means—

(a)

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;

(b)

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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 11B inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/472), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1