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<strong>2013</strong>/<strong>14</strong> HE <strong>Student</strong> Finance<br />

<strong>Assessing</strong> <strong>Eligibility</strong> <strong>Guidance</strong><br />

Introduction<br />

1. This chapter looks at the eligibility requirements each applicant will<br />

need to satisfy in order to be considered eligible for support in<br />

connection with a course of higher education. It gives detailed<br />

guidance on the Regulations for <strong>2013</strong>/<strong>14</strong>. However, it is not<br />

exhaustive and is not intended to be a substitute for reading the<br />

Regulations. Please note this guidance chapter focuses mainly on<br />

full-time courses.<br />

2. The Regulations referred to throughout this chapter are the<br />

Education (<strong>Student</strong> Support) Regulations 2011 as amended by the<br />

Education (<strong>Student</strong> Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment)<br />

Regulations 2012, which govern the provision for support in AY<br />

<strong>2013</strong>/<strong>14</strong>.<br />

3. In <strong>2013</strong>/<strong>14</strong>, students will be defined as either an „old system‟ student,<br />

a „current system student who is not 2008 or 2009 cohort‟, a „2008<br />

cohort‟ student, a „2009 cohort‟ student or a „2012 cohort‟ student<br />

(regulation 2(1)), and as a result they will be eligible for different<br />

packages of support. Further information on the different support<br />

arrangements are set out in the chapter on „<strong>Assessing</strong> Financial<br />

Entitlement‟.<br />

An „old system‟ student is an eligible student who:<br />

• started their current course before 1 st September 2006 and is<br />

continuing on that course after 31 st August <strong>2013</strong>;<br />

• is a gap year student (as defined in regulation 2(6) of the<br />

Regulations);<br />

• started an end-on course on or after 1 st September 2006 from a<br />

course they started prior to 1 st September 2006 (or in the case of a<br />

gap year student, a course that started prior to 1 st September<br />

2007); or<br />

• started their current course on or after 1 st September 2006 after<br />

transferring from a course which they started prior to 1 st September<br />

2006 (or, in the case of a gap year student, a course which they<br />

started prior to 1 st September 2007).<br />

A „current system student who is not 2008 or 2009 cohort‟ is an eligible<br />

student who:<br />

• is not an old system student and<br />

• either started their current course on or after 1 st September 2006<br />

and before 1 st September 2008 and who is continuing on that<br />

course after 31 st August <strong>2013</strong>; or<br />

• started their current course on or after 1 st September 2008 and<br />

before 1 st September 2009 and who has studied on a previous<br />

designated course which began before September 2008.<br />

• started their current course on or after 1 st September 2009 and<br />

before 1 st September 2012 and has previous study which<br />

commenced before 1 st September 2008. See „<strong>Assessing</strong> Financial<br />

Entitlement‟ for more details.<br />

A „2008 cohort‟ student is an eligible student who:<br />

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