Regulation 57 Increased maintenance loan for full-time students in extended years
England and Wales
Paragraph (2) applies where—
the present course is a full-time course, and
an eligible student is required to undertake the course for a period exceeding 30 weeks and 3 days in an academic year.
Where this paragraph applies, the amount of loan payable to the student calculated under regulation 55 or, as the case may be, 56 is increased by the weekly amount specified in Column 3 of Table 9 for each week (or part of a week) that the student is required to undertake the course beyond the period of 30 weeks and 3 days.
Paragraph (4) applies where—
the present course is a full-time course, and
an eligible student undertakes the course for a period of 45 weeks or more in any continuous period of 52 weeks.
Where this paragraph applies, the amount of loan payable to the student calculated under regulation 55 or, as the case may be, 56 is increased by the weekly amount specified in Column 3 of Table 9 for each whole week in the 52 week period during which the student did not undertake the course.
The increase in the amount of maintenance loan payable referred to in paragraph (4) applies in relation to the academic year into which the most weeks of the 52 week period fall.
The maximum amount of maintenance loan payable to an eligible student may be increased under both paragraphs (2) and (4) in relation to the same academic year.
In Table 9—
Column 1 specifies the academic year in relation to which the maintenance loan is payable;
Column 2 specifies the location in which the student is living (see paragraph 3 of Schedule 1);
Column 3 specifies the weekly amount by which the amount of loan payable is to increase in respect of the corresponding entries in Columns 1 and 2.
F1Table 9
| Column 1Academic Year | Column 2Location of student | Column 3Weekly amount of increase to maintenance loan payable |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning on or after 1 September 2018 but before 1 September 2019 | Living at home | £80 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £153 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £120 | |
| Beginning on or after 1 September 2019 but before 1 September 2020 | Living at home | £84 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £162 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £127 | |
| Beginning on or after 1 September 2020 but before 1 September 2021 | Living at home | £86 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £167 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £131 | |
| Beginning on or after 1 September 2021 F2but before 1 September 2022 | Living at home | £89 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £172 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £135 | |
| F3Beginning on or after 1 September 2022 F4but before 1 September 2023 | Living at home | £91 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £176 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £138 | |
| F5Beginning on or after 1 September 2023 F6but before 1 September 2024 | Living at home | £93 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £179 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £141 | |
| F7Beginning on or after 1 September 2024 F8but before 1 September 2025 | Living at home | £94 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £181 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £142 | |
| F9Beginning on or after 1 September 2025 F10but before 1 September 2026 | Living at home | £96 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £184 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £144 | |
| F11Beginning on or after 1 September 2026 | Living at home | £98 |
| Living away from home, studying in London | £188 | |
| Living away from home, studying elsewhere | £147 |
But this regulation does not apply to an academic year—
in respect of which the student has been bestowed or paid a healthcare bursary calculated by reference to the student’s income, whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount, or
of a sandwich course where the periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks unless the periods of work experience constitute unpaid service.
For the purposes of paragraph (8), “unpaid service” means—
unpaid service in a hospital or in a public health service laboratory or with a primary care trust in the United Kingdom,
unpaid service with a local authority in the United Kingdom acting in the exercise of their functions relating to the care of children and young persons, health or welfare, or with a voluntary organisation providing facilities or carrying out activities of a like nature in the United Kingdom,
unpaid service in the prison or probation and aftercare service in the United Kingdom,
unpaid research in an institution in the United Kingdom or, in the case of an eligible student attending an overseas institution as part of the eligible student’s course, in an overseas institution, or
unpaid service with—
a Special Health Authority established pursuant to section 28 of the National Health Service Act 2006,
a Local Health Board established pursuant to section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or a Special Health Authority established pursuant to section 22 of that Act,
a Health Board or a Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,
the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being established under section 12 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009,
NHS England, the body corporate established under section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 or an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of that Act, or
the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence established under section 232 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Reg. 57 Table 9 substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1(2), 29
- F2
Words in reg. 57 Table 9 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 44(a)
- F3
Words in reg. 57 Table 9 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 44(b)
- F4
Words in reg. 57(7) Table 9 inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 50(a) (with reg. 2)
- F5
Words in reg. 57(7) Table 9 inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 50(b) (with reg. 2)
- F6
Words in reg. 57(7) Table 9 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/86), regs. 1(2), 24(a)
- F7
Words in reg. 57(7) Table 9 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/86), regs. 1(2), 24(b)
- F8
Words in reg. 57(7) Table 9 inserted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 24(a) (with reg. 2)
- F9
Words in reg. 57(7) Table 9 inserted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 24(b) (with reg. 2)
- F10
Words in reg. 57(7) Table 9 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 37(a)
- F11
Words in reg. 57(7) Table 9 inserted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 37(b)
- F12
Reg. 57(8)(9) inserted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 37
Notes on Part 8
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 58A inserted (1.8.2018) by The Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/813), regs. 1(2), 6