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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/858",
  "legislation_title": "The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "(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—\n(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,\n(b) that is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge that are needed for progressing to an undergraduate course,\n(c) that a student must complete successfully in order to progress to the first year of an undergraduate course,\n(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\n(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.\n(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 system.\n(3) In a foundation year—\n(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);\n(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).\n(4) The table below lists certain subjects together with their respective CAH3 codes, for the purpose of determining the fee for a foundation year.\nCAH3 version 1.3.4 subject name\nCAH3 version 1.3.4 subject code\nrural estate management\n06-01-04\nsocial sciences (non-specific)\n15-01-01\nsociology\n15-01-02\nsocial policy\n15-01-03\nanthropology (excluding forensic anthropology)\n15-01-04\ndevelopment studies\n15-01-05\ncultural studies\n15-01-06\neconomics\n15-02-01\npolitics\n15-03-01\nsocial work\n15-04-01\nchildhood and youth studies\n15-04-02\nlaw\n16-01-01\nbusiness and management (non-specific)\n17-01-01\nbusiness studies\n17-01-02\nmarketing\n17-01-03\nmanagement studies\n17-01-04\nhuman resource management\n17-01-05\nfinance\n17-01-07\naccounting\n17-01-08\nothers in business and management\n17-01-09\nEnglish studies (non-specific)\n19-01-01\nEnglish language\n19-01-02\nliterature in English\n19-01-03\nstudies of specific authors\n19-01-04\ncreative writing\n19-01-05\nothers in English studies\n19-01-06\nlinguistics\n19-01-07\nCeltic studies (non-specific)\n19-02-01\nGaelic studies\n19-02-02\nWelsh studies\n19-02-03\nothers in Celtic studies\n19-02-04\nAmerican and Australasian studies\n19-04-08\nhistory\n20-01-01\nhistory of art, architecture and design\n20-01-02\nheritage studies\n20-01-04\nclassics\n20-01-05\nphilosophy\n20-02-01\ntheology and religious studies\n20-02-02\neducation\n22-01-01\nteacher training\n22-01-02\ncombined, general or negotiated studies\n23-01-01\npersonal development\n23-01-02\nhumanities (non-specific)\n23-01-03\nliberal arts (non-specific)\n23-01-04\npublicity studies\n24-01-02",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:41:28.911901+00:00"
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