{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-157A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-157A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1986",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/157A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "157A",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 11B",
  "text": "(1) In this Part,\n(a) “eligible part-time student with full entitlement” is an eligible part-time student other than an eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement;\n(b) “eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement” has the meaning given in regulation 157F(3);\n(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;\n(d) “standard full-time student” is a student who is to be taken—\n(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;\n(ii) not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent;\n(iii) not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent; and\n(iv) not to be absent from the full-time equivalent other than during vacations.\n(2) In this Part, the intensity of study is calculated as follows and expressed as a percentage—\n(PT/FT)×100where—\nPT 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;\nFT is—\n(a)where the course is provided by or on behalf of the Open University, 120;\n(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.\n(3) In this Part, a reference to the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent means—\n(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;\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1986/regulation/157A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:58:47.473982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}