{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-158",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-158.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/158",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "158",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, —\n(a) “period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent” means the period that a standard full-time student would require to complete the full-time equivalent;\n(b) “standard full-time student” means a student who is to be taken—\n(i) to have begun the full-time equivalent on the same date as the eligible postgraduate student began the part-time postgraduate 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—\nPTFTx100where\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 support;FT is 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1986/regulation/158",
    "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."
}