[F1Interpretation of Part 11BE+W
157A.—(1) In this Part,
(a)“eligible part-time student with full entitlement” is an eligible part-time student other than an eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement;
(b)“eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement” has the meaning given in regulation 157F(3);
(c)“special support loan” is a loan to defray the costs of books, equipment, travel or childcare incurred for the purpose of attending a designated part-time course;
(d)“standard full-time student” is a student who is to be taken—
(i)to have begun the full-time equivalent on the same date as the eligible part-time student began the part-time 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 a loan for living costs;
FT is—
(a)where the course is provided by or on behalf of the Open University, 120;
(b)where the course is provided by or on behalf of any other institution, 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.
(3) In this Part, a reference to the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent means—
(a)where the course is provided by or on behalf of the Open University, the period that a standard full-time student would require to complete the full-time equivalent if that student were awarded 120 credit points in each academic year;
(b)where the course is provided by or on behalf of any other institution, the period in which a standard full-time student would complete the full-time equivalent.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 11B inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/472), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1