The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

CHAPTER 5 E+W GRANTS FOR TRAVEL

Interpretation E+W

48.  For the purposes of this Chapter—

(a) any reference to expenditure incurred for the purpose of attending an institution or period of study or period of overseas work placement in an Erasmus year.

(i) includes expenditure both before and after so attending; and

(ii) does not include any expenditure in respect of which a grant is payable under Chapter 3 of this Part;

(b) “qualifying quarter” means a quarter during which the eligible student attends as part of the student's course an overseas institution or the Institute or overseas workplace in an Erasmus year for at least half the period covered by that quarter.

General E+W

49.  A grant for travel is available—

(a) to eligible students attending courses in medicine or dentistry in accordance with regulation 50;

(b) to eligible students attending an overseas institution or the Institute or overseas workplace in an Erasmus year in accordance with regulation 52.

[F1 49A.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a grant for travel is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year. E+W

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where one of the events listed in regulation 17(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) occurs in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for a grant for travel in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.

(3) Where the state of which the student is a national accedes to the EU the student may qualify for the grant for travel only if 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.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 49A 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), 20

Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel – courses in medicine and dentistry E+W

50.  A grant is available to an eligible student attending a course in medicine or dentistry (a necessary part of which is a period of study by way of clinical training) in respect of the reasonable expenditure which the student is obliged to incur in an academic year for the purpose of attending in connection with the student's course any hospital or other premises in the United Kingdom (not comprised in the institution) at which facilities for clinical training are provided other than expenditure incurred for the purpose of residential study away from the institution.

Amount of the grant for travel – courses in medicine and dentistry E+W

51.  The amount of grant payable under regulation 50 in respect of an academic year is equal to the reasonable expenditure that the Secretary of State determines the eligible student is obliged to incur for the purposes set out in that regulation less £303.

Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel – overseas study E+W

52.  A grant is available to an eligible student in respect of the reasonable expenditure which the student is obliged to incur in each qualifying quarter within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending as part of the student's course the overseas institution or the Institute or overseas workplace in an Erasmus year.

Amount of the grant for travel – overseas study E+W

53.  The amount of grant payable under regulation 52 in respect of an academic year is calculated as follows—

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• X is the aggregate of the reasonable travel costs that the eligible student is obliged to incur in each qualifying quarter for the purposes set out in regulation 52.

• Y is the aggregate of the expenditure incurred in each qualifying quarter specified in regulation 54.

54.  The expenditure specified in this regulation is—

(a) expenditure that the eligible student reasonably incurs in insuring against liability for the cost of medical treatment provided outside the United Kingdom for any illness or bodily injury contracted or suffered during the period the student is attending the overseas institution or the Institute;

(b) the cost of a visa or visas that the eligible student is obliged to obtain in order to attend the overseas institution or the Institute; and

(c) medical costs that the eligible student reasonably incurs in order to fulfil a mandatory condition of entry into the territory, country or state in which the overseas institution or the Institute is situated.

Deductions from the grant for travel E+W

55.  A deduction may be made from any grant under this Chapter in accordance with Part 8.