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Paragraph 3 I1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

In these Regulations, a “foundation year” is a period of study of 120 credits (or 1,200 notional learning hours), whether in a single course year or otherwise—

(a)

that is integrated with an undergraduate course at the start of that course, and may be enrolled for at the same time as enrolling for that undergraduate course,

(b)

that is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge that are needed for progressing to an undergraduate course,

(c)

that a student must complete successfully in order to progress to the first year of an undergraduate course,

(d)

that may result in the student being awarded a qualification that is separate from the qualification awarded as a result of completing the undergraduate course to which the student progresses, and

(e)

that may, where contractual arrangements are in place, be undertaken at an institution (which may or may not be a registered higher education provider) that is different from the provider to which the student applied and with which the student has enrolled for the undergraduate course.

(2)

In these Regulations, in relation to foundation years, “CAH3 code” means a Common Aggregated Hierarchy 3 code associated with a subject, as referred to in version 1.3.4 of the Higher Education Classification of Subjects coding systemf1.

(3)

In a foundation year—

(a)

“lower fee foundation year study” is study for a foundation year where more than 50% of the CAH3 codes associated with the foundation year (for student loan purposes) are listed in the table in paragraph (4);

(b)

“higher fee foundation year study” is study for a foundation year where 50% or less of the CAH3 codes associated with the foundation year (for student loan purposes) are listed in the table in paragraph (4).

(4)

The table below lists certain subjects together with their respective CAH3 codes, for the purpose of determining the fee for a foundation year.

CAH3 version 1.3.4 subject nameCAH3 version 1.3.4 subject code
rural estate management06-01-04
social sciences (non-specific)15-01-01
sociology15-01-02
social policy15-01-03
anthropology (excluding forensic anthropology)15-01-04
development studies15-01-05
cultural studies15-01-06
economics15-02-01
politics15-03-01
social work15-04-01
childhood and youth studies15-04-02
law16-01-01
business and management (non-specific)17-01-01
business studies17-01-02
marketing17-01-03
management studies17-01-04
human resource management17-01-05
finance17-01-07
accounting17-01-08
others in business and management17-01-09
English studies (non-specific)19-01-01
English language19-01-02
literature in English19-01-03
studies of specific authors19-01-04
creative writing19-01-05
others in English studies19-01-06
linguistics19-01-07
Celtic studies (non-specific)19-02-01
Gaelic studies19-02-02
Welsh studies19-02-03
others in Celtic studies19-02-04
American and Australasian studies19-04-08
history20-01-01
history of art, architecture and design20-01-02
heritage studies20-01-04
classics20-01-05
philosophy20-02-01
theology and religious studies20-02-02
education22-01-01
teacher training22-01-02
combined, general or negotiated studies23-01-01
personal development23-01-02
humanities (non-specific)23-01-03
liberal arts (non-specific)23-01-04
publicity studies24-01-02

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1(1)(b)

Footnotes

f1

Version 1.3.4 of the Higher Education Classification of Subjects coding system was published digitally on 28th October 2021. A full list of Common Aggregated Hierarchy 3 codes, and the subjects they are associated with, is available at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/coding-manual-tools/hecoscahdata/cah. A printed copy can be obtained on request from the Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P.