The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Amendment of the 2011 Regulations

15.  In regulation 139 (designated part-time courses)—

(a) for paragraph (1)(d) substitute—

“(d) it is either—

(i) wholly provided by an authority-funded institution;

(ii) provided by a publicly funded institution situated in the United Kingdom on behalf of an authority-funded institution; or

(iii) provided by an authority-funded institution in conjunction with an institution which is situated outside the United Kingdom;

(da) it is substantially provided in the United Kingdom;”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (e)—

(i) omit “6, ”; and

(ii) for the words starting with “, it leads” to the end of that sub-paragraph substitute—

“—

(i) it is a course which leads to an award granted or to be granted by a body falling within section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988(1); and

(ii) the teaching and supervision which comprise the course has been approved by that body.”; and

(c) in paragraph (6), after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) a course is substantially provided in the United Kingdom where at least half of the teaching and supervision which comprise the course is provided in the United Kingdom;”.

(1)

1988 c.40; section 214(2)(a) was amended by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13), Schedule 8, paragraph 48.