PART 1
CHAPTER 2
Designated courses4
1
Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), a course is a designated course for the purposes of section 22(1) of the 1998 Act and regulation 3 if it—
F9a
is a full postgraduate doctoral degree course of at least three, but no more than eight, academic years’ duration;
F2b
is one of the following—
i
wholly provided by a registered provider, or provided by a registered provider or unregistered provider on behalf of a registered provider in England;
ii
wholly provided by an authority-funded institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales;
iii
provided by a registered provider on behalf of an authority-funded institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales;
iv
provided by an institution situated in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales on behalf of a registered provider in England, or by a publicly funded institution situated in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales on behalf of an authority-funded institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales;
v
provided by a registered provider in England in conjunction with an institution which is situated outside the United Kingdom;
vi
provided by an authority-funded institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales in conjunction with an institution which is situated outside the United Kingdom;
c
is substantially provided in the United Kingdom; and
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) and (c)—
a
a course is provided by an institution if it provides the teaching and supervision which comprise the course, whether or not the institution has entered into an agreement with the student to provide the course;
b
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;
c
a university and any constituent college or institution in the nature of a college of a university is to be regarded as authority-funded if either the university or the constituent college or institution is authority-funded;
d
an institution is not to be regarded as publicly funded or 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 ; and
e
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 F4in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, or by a private institution which is an unregistered provider in England.
F62A
For the purposes of section 22 of the 1998 Act and regulation 3, a course is a designated course if it is—
a
a Welsh designated doctoral degree course;
b
a full postgraduate doctoral degree course; and
F10c
of at least three, but no more than eight, academic years’ duration.
3
The designated course may, but need not, be a distance learning course.
F73ZA
In paragraphs (1)(a) and (2A), “full postgraduate doctoral degree course” means a course which, independent of a student’s previous experience or any module or other unit of work, credit, credit point or equivalent measurement of study taken or awarded in respect of another course, leads to a doctoral degree.
F13A
A course is not a designated course if its designation has been revoked or is suspended under paragraph (6).
4
A course cannot be a designated course for the purposes of regulation 3 if it is recognised as a designated course for the purposes of regulation 5 (designated courses) or 139 (designated part-time courses) of the student support regulations or regulation 4 (designated courses) of the 2016 Master's Degree Regulations.
5
For the purposes of section 22 of the 1998 Act and regulation 3(1), the Secretary of State may designate courses of higher education which are not designated under paragraph (1) F8or (2A).
6
The Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the designation of a course which is designated under F5this regulation.