Regulation 23 Residual entitlementI1

Deductions are to be made from the lifetime entitlement for an eligible student in respect of any tuition fee funding for—

with the remaining amount available to the student being referred to as their “residual entitlement”.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), “relevant prior study” is learning from any of the categories in paragraph (3) that was supported by the government of the United Kingdom or by a devolved government (in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland) via any of the following means of funding being paid directly to the provider—

The categories are—

The circumstances referred to in paragraph (3)(a)(ii) and (iii) are—

Deductions in respect of categories 1A, 1B and 3 are—

Deductions in respect of category 1C are—

Deductions in respect of category 2 are to equate to the exact amount of fee loan or grant that was paid for the student’s study, multiplied by £9,790 and then divided by the deduction amount as set out in the following table (with any fractions of a penny to be disregarded)—

Deductions in respect of category 4 are to equate to the exact amount of advanced learner loans taken, excluding any amount that was cancelled in accordance with regulation 25 of the Further Education Loans Regulations 2012.

A deduction in respect of category 5 is to equate to £2,447.50 where any study on the modular acceleration programme has been undertaken (irrespective of the quantity of such study).

In relation to categories 1A, 1B, 1C and 2 to 4, there is to be no deduction in respect of any period of study that the Secretary of State considers was impacted by compelling personal reasons.

In paragraph (7), “year of study” means—

For the purposes of this regulation—

• “block grant funding” means public funding provided to a higher education provider in respect of higher education courses with designation for support described in paragraph (3)(a), as a lump sum or general allocation for the purpose of supporting the provider’s institutional activities (including teaching and research), where such funding is not allocated by reference to individual students, including funding provided by—

  1. (a)

     local authorities,

  2. (b)

     the Higher Education Funding Council for England or any devolved administration, or

  3. (c)

     any other public body exercising equivalent higher education funding functions;

• “end-on course” means—

  1. (a)

     a full-time honours degree course beginning on or after 1st September 2012 which, disregarding any intervening vacations, a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time course mentioned in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 4 or a full-time foundation or ordinary degree course, which started before 1st September 2012, having achieved a qualification;

  2. (b)

     a full-time distance learning honours degree course beginning on or after 1st September 2012 which, disregarding any intervening vacations, a student begins immediately after ceasing to undertake a distance learning foundation or ordinary degree course, which started before 1st September 2012, having achieved a qualification;

• “Erasmus year” means an academic year of a course where a student participated in the action scheme of the European Union for the mobility of university students known as ERASMUS, where the student’s course is designated under the 2011 Student Support Regulations, or was designated for the purposes of funding for tuition fees under other Regulations, or was provided by an institution that received public funding in respect of tuition fees, and—

  1. (a)

     where the course is provided by an institution in Northern Ireland, all the periods of study or work placement during the academic year are attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom, or

  2. (b)

     where the course is provided by an institution in England, Scotland or Wales—

     1. (i)

        at least one period of study or work placement is attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom, and

     2. (ii)

        either—

        1. (aa)

           in respect of that academic year, the aggregate of any one or more periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom is less than 10 weeks, or

        2. (bb)

           in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course, the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks;

• “healthcare bursary” as defined in Schedule 1 is to be read as additionally covering a bursary or award of similar description under section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968^f8 made in respect of a course beginning before 1st August 2017 that was provided by an institution in England;

• “modular acceleration programme” refers to a programme to support delivery of individual modules of a course for an approved HTQ, where the learning took place between 1st February 2024 and 31st December 2025 inclusive;

• “student grant for tuition fees” does not include the following—

  1. (a)

     a healthcare bursary (as referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “bursary year” in Schedule 1 and modified by this paragraph);

  2. (b)

     a Scottish healthcare allowance;

  3. (c)

     a healthcare tuition payment (as referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of “bursary year” in Schedule 1);

  4. (d)

     a bursary to study social work;

  5. (e)

     tuition fees funded by apprenticeship levy (by virtue of regulations made under Part 6 of the Finance Act 2016^f9);

  6. (f)

     grants funded under the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degree) (Wales) Regulation 2019^f10;

  7. (g)

     a bursary under the NHS Bursary Scheme (on which see paragraph (c) of the definition of “bursary year” in Schedule 1);

• “tuition fee support” means funding from the government (including local authorities) in relation to tuition fees, provided in the form of a loan or a grant;

• “Turing mobility year” means an academic year of a course where the student’s course was designated under the 2011 Student Support Regulations, or was designated for the purposes of tuition fee support under other Regulations, or was provided by an institution that received public funding in respect of tuition fees, and—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a course provided by an institution in England, Wales or Scotland, is where—

     1. (i)

        at least one period of study or work placement during the academic year is attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom as part of the Turing Scheme, or in relation to a course provided by an institution in Wales, as part of the scheme established by the Welsh Ministers known as the International Learning Exchange Programme, and

     2. (ii)

        either—

        1. (aa)

           the aggregate of any one or more periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom is less than 10 weeks, or

        2. (bb)

           the aggregate of any periods of attendance in relation to the academic year and any previous academic years of the course which were not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a course provided by an institution in Northern Ireland, is where all the periods of study or work placement during the academic year are attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom as part of the Turing Scheme;

• “year of work placement” means—

  1. (a)

     an academic year of a sandwich course during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, or

  2. (b)

     in respect of the academic year referred to in paragraph (a) and any previous academic years of the course, the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.

In this regulation—