Prescribed basic and higher amounts for specified courses4

For the purposes of Article 4 of the 2005 Order the basic amount is £600 and the higher amount is £1,500 in the following cases –

a

the final academic year of a course where that academic year is normally required to be completed after less than 15 weeks' attendance;

b

in respect of a sandwich course, an academic year –

i

during which any periods of full time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or

ii

if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full time study at the institution (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks;

c

in respect of a course of initial training of teachers (including such a course leading to a first degree) an academic year during which any periods of full time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks;

d

in respect of a course provided in conjunction with an overseas institution, an academic year –

i

during which any periods of full time study at the institution in the United Kingdom are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or

ii

if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one of more periods of attendance which are not periods of full time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.