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2013/14 HE Student Finance Assessing Eligibility Guidance of at least one academic year‟s duration and • for courses which began before 1 st September 2012 does not exceed twice the period normally required to complete a full-time course leading to the same qualification; or • for courses which begin on or after 1 st September 2012 does not exceed four times the period normally required to complete a full-time course leading to the same qualification, and wholly provided by a publicly funded educational institution or institutions in the UK, or by such an institution in conjunction with an overseas institutionFor courses beginning on or after the 1 st September 2012 which fall within paragraph 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 2 the course should lead to a qualification which is granted by a body which is recognised to award UK degrees i.e. a Recognised Body or by a body that is permitted to act on behalf of the recognised body in the granting of degrees (i.e. a Listed Body) Distance Learning Further explanations of the criteria for full and part-time designation are provided below. Please also refer to regulation 5, regulation 139 and separate guidance on part-time courses. 7. Full time distance learning courses that started before 1 st September 2012 are not automatically designated for student support. However under regulation 118 the Secretary of State has the discretion to specifically designate these courses. Further information is provided in paragraphs 182-188 below. Postgraduate Disabled Students‟ Allowance 8. A postgraduate course (designated under regulation 161) will be automatically designated for Postgraduate Disabled Students‟ Allowance only if it is: a course for which entry requirements are normally a first degree (or equivalent qualification) or higher; at least one academic year‟s duration and in the case of a part-time course, should not exceed • twice the period normally required to complete a full-time course leading to the same qualification, where the student starts the course before 1 September 2012; or • four times the period normally required to complete a fulltime course leading to the same qualification, where the student starts the course on or after 1 September 2012; wholly provided by a publicly funded UK educational institution or institutions, or by such an institution in conjunction with an overseas institution. Version 1.8 54
2013/14 HE Student Finance Assessing Eligibility Guidance Schedule 2 courses 180. The following types of course are designated automatically providing they meet the other criteria in regulations 5 and 139. (See below for further information on these courses):- 1. A first degree course. 2. A course for the Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE). 3. A course for the Higher National Diploma (HND) or Higher National Certificate (HNC) of; (a) The Business and Technician Education Council; or (b) The Scottish Qualifications Authority 4. A course for the Certificate of Higher Education. 5. A course of initial training for teachers. 6. A course in preparation for a professional examination of a standard higher than that of: (a) the examination at advanced level for the General Certificate of Education or the examination at the higher level for the Scottish Certificate of Education; or (b) The examination for the National Certificate or the National Diploma of either of the bodies mentioned in paragraph 3 not being a course for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is normally required. 7. A course: (a) providing education (whether or not in preparation for an examination) the standard of which is higher than that of courses providing education in preparation for any of the examinations mentioned in Paragraph 7(a) or (b) above but not higher than that of a first degree course; and (b) for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is not normally required (e.g. an NVQ level 4 where this is awarded along with a first degree, Dip HE or HND). Interpretation of provisions on automatically designated courses 181. The Department does not normally maintain any lists of courses which are automatically designated under regulations 5 (full-time) and 139 (part-time). All of these courses should appear on the SLC HEI database. However not all of the courses which appear there will meet the criteria. It will be for SFE to decide which of them are eligible for support. SFE may find that the information they need to establish whether a course is eligible (for example, the entry qualification required, if any, and the qualification it leads to) should be relatively easy to obtain, for example from the student or from the institution. Further Information on Courses in Schedule 2 First Degree Courses – (Schedule 2 – Paragraph 1) Version 1.8 55
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