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2009/10 HE Student Finance
Assessing Eligibility Guidance
Annex 8
General principles for determining standard entitlement and the allocation of
tuition fee support
Is the student
studying for an
equivalent or lower
qualification to the
one they hold
No
Does the student hold
an HNC, HND, DipHE,
CertHE or foundation
degree and is now
studying a first degree
course
Yes
Use the formula at
reg 22 to calculate
entitlement (D +
X)-PrC
Yes
No
Unless studying on an ITT
course not exceeding 2 years
and does not hold QTS, no
further tuition fee support
Use the formula at reg 21 to calculate
entitlement (OD + 1) - PC
Allocate a fee loan from that standard entitlement: (a) to the final standard academic year* of the
course; and (b) then to each preceding standard academic year of the course until either the
standard entitlement is exhausted or a tuition fee loan has been allocated to each standard
academic year of the course.
H
Has a fee loan been allocated to the
relevant academic year
Yes
TThe student qualifies for a
fee loan for that year.
No
Is the relevant
academic year a
year of “repeat
study”
Yes
Can a tuition fee loan be
allocated to that year
under regulation 19(7) or
(10)
(compelling personal
reasons)
No
Can a fee loan be
allocated to that year
under regulation 19(11)
(repeat study for
reasons other than
compelling personal
reasons**)
* Regulation 2(1) explains that a standard academic year (SAY) is an academic year of designated course
thatis
not a bursary year or an Erasmus year;
would be taken (in whole or in part) by a person who: (i) does not repeat any part of the course as
from 1 September 2006; and (ii) enters the course at the same point as the eligible student.
** A student can qualify for a fee loan for a year of study that he is repeating other than for compelling
personal reasons if-
(a) the year he is repeating was a qualifying year of study – i.e. it was: (i) a bursary year; (ii) a year in
respect of which he qualified for a fee loan (even if the amount was nil); or (iii) a year in respect of
which he would have qualified for support (even if the amount would have been nil) if he had been an
eligible student or his course had been designated at the beginning of that year;
(b) the academic year of repeat study is not a bursary year; and
(c) the number of repeat years the student has completed on the current course (including the proposed
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year of repeat study but disregarding any year of repeat study for compelling personal reasons) does
not exceed the number of additional years support.