The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020

Amendments relating to notification of an applicant or student’s absence from, withdrawal from etc. their course

9.—(1) The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 13(2) (payment of postgraduate master’s degree loans), in paragraph (5), for sub-paragraph (a) (including the “or” at the end) substitute—

“(a) the student withdraws from or abandons their course;

(aa) the student is expelled from their course;

(ab) the student is absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness;

(ac) the student is suspended from their course (whether at the student’s request or not); or”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (information), in paragraph 2—

(a) in the words before sub-paragraph (a) for “Every applicant and” substitute “An applicant or”;

(b) for sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) substitute—

“(a) they withdraw from or abandon their course;

(b) they are expelled from their course;

(c) they transfer to another course (whether at the same institution or not);

(d) they are absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness;

(e) they are suspended from their course (whether at their request or not);

(f) they become, or cease to be, a prisoner or an eligible prisoner;

(g) the month for the start or completion of their course changes;

(h) their home or term-time address or telephone number changes.”.

(1)

S.I. 2016/606.

(2)

Paragraph (5) of regulation 13 was substituted by S.I. 2020/48.