# The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, Paragraph 4

Extent: E+W

In these Regulations, “sandwich placement”—
(a) in relation to England, is one or more periods amounting to at least 13 weeks within a course year—
(i) which the student spends away from the home institution on work experience placements, either in the United Kingdom, or abroad otherwise than as part of Turing mobility,
(ii) which do not contribute towards a mandatory minimum amount of work placement that is required by a regulatory body, as at 1st August preceding the start of the course year,
(iii) which are not from a course for the initial training of teachers,
(iv) which alternate with periods of study at the home institution (which may be in different course years from the time spent away from the home institution), and
(v) which are organised or facilitated by the home institution;
(b) in relation to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—
(i) is a course year during which the aggregate of any periods of full-time study at the institution is less than 10 weeks, or in respect of which the aggregate of any periods of attendance in relation to the course year and any previous course years of the course which were not full-time study at the home institution (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks, and
(ii) is not from a course for the initial training of teachers or a Turing mobility.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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