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PART 12E+WSUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

InterpretationE+W

158.—(1) In this Part, —

(a)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;

(b)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.

(2) In this Part, the intensity of study is calculated as follows and expressed as a percentage—

where

PT is the number of modules, credits, credit points, points or other unit to be awarded to the eligible part-time student by the academic authority if the student successfully completes the academic year in connection with which that student is applying for support;FT is the number of modules, credits, credit points, points or other unit that a standard full-time student would be required to obtain in each academic year in order to complete the full-time equivalent within the period ordinarily required to complete that course.

Eligible postgraduate studentsE+W

159.F1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), a person is an eligible postgraduate student in connection with a designated postgraduate course if in assessing the student's application for support the Secretary of State determines that the student satisfies the conditions in paragraph (3).

(3) The conditions are—

(a)the person falls within one of the categories set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1; and

[F2(b)the person has a disability.]

(4) A person (“A”) is not an eligible postgraduate student if—

(a)A is eligible to apply for, in connection with the course—

(i)a healthcare bursary;

(ii)any allowance under the Nursing and Midwifery Student Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2007;

(iii)any allowance, bursary or award of similar description made by a Research Council;

(iv)any allowance, bursary or award of similar description made by A's institution which includes any payment for the purpose of meeting additional expenditure incurred by A by reason of A's disability; F3...

(v)any allowance, bursary or award of similar description made under section 67(4)(a) of the Care Standards Act 2000 M1 which includes payment for meeting additional expenditure incurred by A by reason of A's disability; [F4or

(vi)any allowance, bursary or award of similar description made under section 116(2)(a) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 which includes payment for meeting additional expenditure incurred by A by reason of A’s disability;]

[F5(aa)A is eligible for a healthcare tuition payment;]

(b)A is in breach of an obligation to repay any loan;

(c)A has reached the age of 18 and has not ratified any agreement for a loan made with A when A was under the age of 18;

(d)A has, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, shown by A's conduct that A is unfitted to receive support; or

(e)subject to paragraph (5), A is a prisoner.

(5) Paragraph (4)(e) does not apply-

(a)in respect of an academic year during which the student enters prison or is released from prison; or

(b)where the current course began before 1st September 2012.

(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (4)(b) and (4)(c), “loan” means a loan made under any provision of the student loans legislation.

(7) In a case where the agreement for a loan is subject to the law of Scotland, paragraph (4)(c) only applies if the agreement was made—

(a)before 25th September 1991; and

(b)with the concurrence of the borrower's curator or at a time when the borrower had no curator.

(8) An eligible postgraduate student does not qualify for a grant under this Part if the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which the student falls is paragraph 9.

(9) Subject to paragraph (10), where the current post graduate course begins on or after 1st September 2012, an eligible postgraduate student does not qualify for a grant under this regulation if the intensity of study during the academic year for which support is claimed is less than 25% [F6of an equivalent full-time course].

(10) Regulation (9) does not apply where the student transfers to the current postgraduate course pursuant to regulation 163 from a course beginning before 1st September 2012.

(11) An eligible postgraduate student does not qualify for a grant under this Part unless the Secretary of State considers that the student is undertaking the course in the United Kingdom.

F7(12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(15) Where—

(a)the Secretary of State determined that, by virtue of being a refugee or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of a refugee, a person (“A”) was an eligible postgraduate student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the current postgraduate course or an application for support in connection with another designated postgraduate course from which A's status as an eligible postgraduate student has been transferred to the current postgraduate course; and

(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the refugee status of A or of A's spouse, civil partner, parent or step-parent has expired and no further leave to remain has been granted and no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002),

A's status as an eligible postgraduate student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.

[F10(15A) Where—

(a)the Secretary of State determined that, by virtue of being a person granted stateless leave or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of a person granted stateless leave, a person (“A”) was an eligible postgraduate student in connection with—

(i)an application for support for an earlier year of the current postgraduate course, or

(ii)an application for support in connection with another designated postgraduate course from which A’s status as an eligible postgraduate student has been transferred to the current postgraduate course, and

(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which the person granted stateless leave is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and no further leave to remain has been granted,

A’s status as an eligible postgraduate student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.]

(16) Where—

(a)the Secretary of State determined that, by virtue of being a person granted humanitarian protection or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of such a person, a person (“A”) was an eligible postgraduate student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the current postgraduate course or an application for support in connection with another designated postgraduate course from which A's status as an eligible postgraduate student has been transferred to the current postgraduate course; and

(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support, the period for which the person granted humanitarian protection is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and no further leave to remain has been granted and no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002),

A's status as an eligible postgraduate student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.

(17) Paragraphs (15) and (16) do not apply where A began the course in connection with which the Secretary of State determined that A was an eligible postgraduate student before 1st September 2007.

(18) An eligible postgraduate student may not, at any one time, qualify for support for—

(a)more than one designated postgraduate course;

F11(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)a designated postgraduate course and a designated course;

(d)a designated postgraduate course and a designated part-time course.

Textual Amendments

F1Reg. 159(1) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(4)(b)(5) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2765), regs. 1(4)(a), 19(a)

F2Reg. 159(3)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(4)(b)(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2765), regs. 1(4)(a), 19(b)

F5Reg. 159(4)(aa) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/114), regs. 1(3), 23

F10Reg. 159(15A) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/137), regs. 1(2), 7(7)

F11Reg. 159(18)(b) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(5) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/137), regs. 1(2), 6(9)

Marginal Citations

Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic yearE+W

160.—(1) Where one of the events listed in paragraph (2) occurs in the course of an academic year—

(a)a student may qualify for a grant under this Part in respect of that academic year in accordance with this Part; and

(b)a grant of the kind available under this Part is not available in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the relevant event occurred.

(2) The events are—

(a)the student's course becomes a designated postgraduate course;

(b)the student or the student's spouse, civil partner or parent is recognised as a refugee or becomes [F12a person granted stateless leave or] a person granted humanitarian protection;

(c)the state of which the student is a national accedes to the EU where the student has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(d)the student acquires the right of permanent residence (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1);

(e)the student becomes the child of a Turkish worker;

(f)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1; or

(g)the student becomes the child of a Swiss national.

Textual Amendments

F12Words in reg. 160(2)(b) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/137), regs. 1(2), 7(8)

Designated postgraduate coursesE+W

161.—(1) A postgraduate course is designated for the purposes of section 22(1) of the 1998 Act and regulation 159 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—

(aa)twice the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent where the course begins before 1st September 2012 or the student transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 163 from a course beginning before 1st September 2012; or

(bb)four times the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent where the course begins on or after 1st September 2012;

[F13(c)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;

(ca)it is substantially provided in the United Kingdom;] and

(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;

[F14(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;]

(b)a university and any constituent college or institution in the nature of a college of a university is to be regarded as [F15authority-funded] if either the university or the constituent college or institution is [F15authority-funded]; F16...

(c)an institution is not to be regarded as publicly funded [F17or 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 1992 M2 [F18; and]

[F19(d)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.

F20(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) For the purposes of section 22 of the 1998 Act and regulation 159, the Secretary of State may designate courses of higher education which are not designated under paragraph (1).

[F21(5) The Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the designation of a course which is designated under paragraph (4).]

Textual Amendments

F13Reg. 161(1)(c)(ca) substituted for reg. 161(1)(c) (7.11.2014) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2765), regs. 1(2), 20(a)

F15Words in reg. 161(2)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support and European University Institute) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1728), regs. 1(2)(a), 20(b)(i)

F16Word in reg. 161(2)(b) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support and European University Institute) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1728), regs. 1(2)(a), 20(b)(ii)

F17Words in reg. 161(2)(c) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support and European University Institute) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1728), regs. 1(2)(a), 20(b)(iii)

F18Word in reg. 161(2)(c) substituted for full stop (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support and European University Institute) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1728), regs. 1(2)(a), 20(b)(iv)

F19Reg. 161(2)(d) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support and European University Institute) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1728), regs. 1(2)(a), 20(b)(v)

Marginal Citations

Period of eligibilityE+W

162.—(1) A student‘s status as an eligible postgraduate student is retained in connection with a designated postgraduate course until the status is terminated in accordance with this regulation and regulation 159.

(2) The period for which an eligible postgraduate student retains the status is the “period of eligibility”.

(3) Subject to the following paragraphs and regulation 159, the period of eligibility terminates at the end of the period ordinarily required for the completion of the designated postgraduate course.

(4) The period of eligibility terminates when the eligible postgraduate student—

(a)withdraws from the designated postgraduate course in circumstances where the Secretary of State has not transferred or will not transfer the student's status as an eligible postgraduate student to another course under regulation 163; or

(b)abandons or is expelled from the designated postgraduate course.

(5) Where the eligible postgraduate student is undertaking a designated postgraduate course that is a part-time course, the period of eligibility terminates at the end of the relevant academic year where the student cannot complete the course within the period specified in regulation 161(1)(b)(ii).

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), “relevant academic year” means the academic year during or at the end of which it becomes impossible for the student to complete the course within the period specified in regulation 161(1)(b)(ii).

(7) The Secretary of State may terminate the period of eligibility where the eligible postgraduate student (“A”) has shown by A's conduct that A is unfitted to receive support.

(8) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that an eligible postgraduate student has failed to comply with any requirement to provide information under this Part or has provided information which is inaccurate in a material particular, the Secretary of State may take such of the following actions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in the circumstances—

(a)terminate the period of eligibility;

(b)determine that the student no longer qualifies for a grant or any particular amount of grant;

(c)treat any support paid to the student as an overpayment which may be recovered under regulation 168.

(9) Where the period of eligibility terminates—

(a)before the end of the academic year in which the eligible postgraduate student completes the designated postgraduate course; and

(b)otherwise than under paragraph (5),

the Secretary of State may, at any time, renew or extend the period of eligibility for such period as the Secretary of State determines.

Transfer of statusE+W

163.—(1) Where an eligible postgraduate student transfers to another postgraduate course, the Secretary of State must transfer the student's status as an eligible postgraduate student to that course where—

(a)the Secretary of State receives a request from the eligible postgraduate student to do so;

(b)the Secretary of State is satisfied that one or more of the grounds for transfer in paragraph (2) applies; and

(c)the period of eligibility has not terminated.

(2) The grounds for transfer are—

(a)on the recommendation of the academic authority the eligible postgraduate student starts to undertake another designated postgraduate course at the institution; or

(b)the eligible postgraduate student starts to undertake a designated postgraduate course at another institution.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), an eligible postgraduate student who transfers under paragraph (1) is entitled to receive in connection with the academic year of the course to which the student transfers the remainder of the support for which the Secretary of State has determined the student qualifies in respect of the academic year of the course from which the student transfers.

(4) The Secretary of State may re-assess the amount of support payable after the transfer.

(5) An eligible student who transfers under paragraph (1) after the Secretary of State has determined the student's support in connection with the academic year of the course from which the student is transferring but before the student completes that year may not apply for another grant under this Part in connection with the academic year of the course to which the student transfers.

Applications for supportE+W

164.—(1) A person (the “applicant”) must apply for a grant under this Part in connection with each academic year of a designated postgraduate course by completing and submitting to the Secretary of State an application in such form and accompanied by such documentation as the Secretary of State may require.

(2) The application must reach the Secretary of State as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(3) The Secretary of State may take such steps and make such inquiries as the Secretary of State considers necessary to determine whether the applicant is an eligible postgraduate student, whether the applicant qualifies for a grant and the amount of grant payable, if any.

(4) The Secretary of State must notify the applicant—

(a)whether the applicant qualifies for a grant;

(b)if the applicant does qualify, the amount payable in respect of the academic year, if any; and

(c)how that amount is allocated between the types of eligible expenditure.

InformationE+W

165.  Schedule 3 deals with the provision of information.

[F22Authority to pay grantE+W

165A.  The Secretary of State is authorised to pay a grant to an eligible postgraduate student (“A”) for the purpose of assisting with the additional expenditure which A is obliged to incur in connection with A’s attendance on or undertaking of a designated postgraduate course by reason of A’s disability.]

Textual Amendments

F22Reg. 165A inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(4)(b)(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2765), regs. 1(4)(a), 21

Amount of grantE+W

166.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the grant under this Part is such amount as the Secretary of State considers appropriate to assist with one or more types of eligible expenditure.

[F23(1A) Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of the grant under this Part for additional expenditure on a computer is an amount equal to the expenditure the student is obliged to incur less £200.]

(2) The grant must not exceed [F24£10,993] in respect of an academic year.

(3) For the purposes of this Part, the “types of eligible expenditure” are—

(a)expenditure on a non-medical helper;

(b)expenditure on major items of specialist equipment; and

(c)additional expenditure incurred—

(i)within the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending the institution;

(ii)within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending, as part of the course, any period of study at an overseas institution or for the purposes of attending the Institute.

[F25(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the grant under this Part is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year, except where the grant is used for expenditure on major items of specialist equipment as provided for in paragraph (3)(b).

(5) Where one of the events listed in regulation 160(2) occurs in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for a grant under this Part in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs, except where the grant is used for the type of expenditure specified in paragraph 3(b).]

Textual Amendments

F23Reg. 166(1A) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(4)(b)(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2765), regs. 1(4)(a), 22

F24Sum in reg. 166(2) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/137), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1

F25Reg. 166(4)(5) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1653), regs. 1(2)(a), 35

Payment of grantE+W

167.—(1) The Secretary of State may pay a grant for which a student qualifies under this Part in such instalments (if any) and at such times as the Secretary of State considers appropriate and in the exercise of the Secretary of State's functions under this Part the Secretary of State may make provisional payments pending the final calculation of the amount of grant for which the student qualifies.

(2) Payments are made in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate and the Secretary of State may make it a condition of entitlement to payment that the eligible postgraduate student must provide the Secretary of State with particulars of a bank or building society account in the United Kingdom into which payments may be made by electronic transfer.

OverpaymentsE+W

168.—(1) [F26A] postgraduate student must, if so required by the Secretary of State, repay any amount paid to the student under this Part which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of grant to which the student is entitled under this Part.

(2) The Secretary of State must recover an overpayment of grant under this Part unless the Secretary of State considers it is not appropriate to do so.

(3) The methods of recovery are—

(a)subtracting the overpayment from any kind of grant [F27or loan] payable to the student from time to time pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act;

(b)taking such other action for the recovery of an overpayment as is available to the Secretary of State.

(4) A payment of grant under this Part made before the relevant date is an overpayment if the student withdraws from the course before the relevant date unless the Secretary of State decides otherwise.

(5) In this regulation, the “relevant date” is the date on which the first term of the academic year in question actually begins.

(6) In the circumstances in paragraphs (7) and (8), there is an overpayment of grant under this Part unless the Secretary of State decides otherwise.

(7) The circumstances are—

(a)the Secretary of State applies all or part of the grant under this Part to the purchase of specialist equipment on behalf of the F28... postgraduate student;

(b)the student's period of eligibility terminates after the relevant date; and

(c)the equipment has not been delivered to the student before the period of eligibility terminated.

(8) The circumstances are—

(a)the F29... postgraduate student's period of eligibility terminates; and

(b)a payment of grant under this Part in respect of specialist equipment is made to the student after the period of eligibility terminated.

(9) Where there is an overpayment of the grant under this Part, the Secretary of State may accept the return of specialist equipment purchased with the grant by way of recovery of all or part of the overpayment if the Secretary of State considers it is appropriate to do so.

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