PART 12SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

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1

A postgraduate course is designated for the purposes of Article 3(1) of the Order and regulation 139 if—

a

it is a course for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) or higher is normally required;

b

it is a course—

i

of at least one academic year’s duration; and

ii

in the case of a part-time course, it is ordinarily possible to complete the course in not more than twice the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent;

F1c

it is either—

i

wholly provided by an authority-funded educational institution;

ii

provided by a publicly funded institution in the United Kingdom on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution; or

iii

provided by an authority-funded educational institution in conjunction with an institution outside the United Kingdom;

d

it is not a course for the initial training of teachers or a course taken as part of an employment-based teacher training scheme.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

a

a course is provided by an institution if it provides the teaching and supervision which comprise the course, whether or not it has entered an agreement with the student to provide the course;

b

a university and any constituent college or institution in the nature of a college of a university is to be regarded as F2authority-funded if either the university or the constituent college or institution is F2authority-funded; F3...

c

an institution is not to be regarded as publicly funded F4or authority-funded by reason only that it receives public funds from the governing body of a higher education institution in accordance with section 65(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 199267F5; and

F6d

a course is not to be regarded as provided on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution where a part of the course is provided by a private institution.

3

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(ii)—

a

“full-time equivalent” means a full-time postgraduate course leading to the same qualification as the part-time postgraduate course in question;

b

“period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent” means the period that a standard full-time student would require to complete the full-time equivalent;

c

“standard full-time student” means a student who is to be taken—

i

to have begun the full-time equivalent on the same date as the eligible postgraduate student began the part-time postgraduate course in question;

ii

not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent;

iii

not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent; and

iv

not to be absent from the full-time equivalent other than during vacations.

4

For the purposes of Article 3 of the Order and regulation 139, the Department may designate courses of higher education which are not designated under paragraph (1).