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2013/14 HE Student Finance Assessing Eligibility Guidance Interpretation of provisions on automatically designated courses ............... 55 Further Information on Courses in Schedule 2 ............................................ 55 Full-time ITT courses ................................................................................... 57 Part-time ITT courses................................................................................... 57 Student Support for ITT students ................................................................. 58 Flexible PGCE Courses (Old and Current System Students who started their course before 1 September 2010) ....................................................... 58 School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) scheme ........................... 59 Further Education ITT courses .................................................................... 59 ITT and Private Institutions .......................................................................... 60 PGDE Courses in Scotland only .................................................................. 60 Courses falling under Paragraphs 7 & 8 of Schedule 2 ............................... 60 Special Cases .............................................................................................. 61 Access Courses ........................................................................................... 61 Twin-track access courses ........................................................................... 61 Compressed Degree Courses (Regulation 2(2)) ......................................... 61 Foundation years as part of an extended course ........................................ 62 Free standing foundation and conversion courses ...................................... 62 Irish Colleges ............................................................................................... 63 Mixed Mode courses .................................................................................... 63 Part-time courses ......................................................................................... 63 Definition of full-time course (Regulation 5(1)(b)(i)) ..................................... 64 Learning in the Workplace ........................................................................... 64 Sandwich courses (Regulation 5(1)(b)(ii)) ................................................... 65 Intercalated study (Regulation 5(7) & (8) ..................................................... 67 Architecture courses (Regulation 5(7) & (8)) ............................................... 67 Specific designation (Regulations 5(9), 122, 139(7), 161(4)) ...................... 69 Franchising arrangements ........................................................................... 69 Distance Learning ........................................................................................ 70 Requirements for specific designation of full-time distance learning courses starting before 1 September 2012 ............................................................... 70 Distance Learning – Disabled Students ....................................................... 71 Distance Learning and Student Support. Students starting courses on or after 1 st September 2012 ............................................................................. 71 Students starting courses before 1 st September 2012................................. 72 Students on a course in Scotland lasting four years or more ...................... 73 Annex 1.................................................................................................................. 74 NHS BURSARY HOLDERS ......................................................................... 74 NHS Secondees ........................................................................................... 76 Annex 2.................................................................................................................. 78 MEMBER STATES OF THE EC AND THEIR DATES OF ACCESSION .... 78 Annex 3.................................................................................................................. 80 EXTRACT FROM LORD SCARMAN‟S JUDGEMENT ................................ 80 Annex 4.................................................................................................................. 82 REGULAR MILITARY AND AIR FORCES AND ROYAL NAVY FORCES . 82 Annex 5.................................................................................................................. 83 HOME OFFICE IMMIGRATION PASSPORT STAMPS .............................. 83 Annex 6.................................................................................................................. 84 ORGANISATION CONTACT DETAILS ....................................................... 84 Annex 7.................................................................................................................. 85 Annex 8.................................................................................................................. 86 General principles for determining standard entitlement and the allocation of tuition fee support......................................................................................... 86 Version 1.8 4
2013/14 HE Student Finance Assessing Eligibility Guidance Introduction 1. This chapter looks at the eligibility requirements each applicant will need to satisfy in order to be considered eligible for support in connection with a course of higher education. It gives detailed guidance on the Regulations for 2013/14. However, it is not exhaustive and is not intended to be a substitute for reading the Regulations. Please note this guidance chapter focuses mainly on full-time courses. 2. The Regulations referred to throughout this chapter are the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 as amended by the Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2012, which govern the provision for support in AY 2013/14. 3. In 2013/14, students will be defined as either an „old system‟ student, a „current system student who is not 2008 or 2009 cohort‟, a „2008 cohort‟ student, a „2009 cohort‟ student or a „2012 cohort‟ student (regulation 2(1)), and as a result they will be eligible for different packages of support. Further information on the different support arrangements are set out in the chapter on „Assessing Financial Entitlement‟. An „old system‟ student is an eligible student who: • started their current course before 1 st September 2006 and is continuing on that course after 31 st August 2013; • is a gap year student (as defined in regulation 2(6) of the Regulations); • started an end-on course on or after 1 st September 2006 from a course they started prior to 1 st September 2006 (or in the case of a gap year student, a course that started prior to 1 st September 2007); or • started their current course on or after 1 st September 2006 after transferring from a course which they started prior to 1 st September 2006 (or, in the case of a gap year student, a course which they started prior to 1 st September 2007). A „current system student who is not 2008 or 2009 cohort‟ is an eligible student who: • is not an old system student and • either started their current course on or after 1 st September 2006 and before 1 st September 2008 and who is continuing on that course after 31 st August 2013; or • started their current course on or after 1 st September 2008 and before 1 st September 2009 and who has studied on a previous designated course which began before September 2008. • started their current course on or after 1 st September 2009 and before 1 st September 2012 and has previous study which commenced before 1 st September 2008. See „Assessing Financial Entitlement‟ for more details. A „2008 cohort‟ student is an eligible student who: Version 1.8 5
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