The Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) Regulations 2018

Higher, basic and floor amounts from 1st August 2019: courses starting before 1st September 2012, transferring students and end-on students

11.—(1) This regulation applies if—

(a) the course began before 1st September 2012;

(b) the student is an end-on student; or

(c) the student has transferred from a full-time course which began before 1st September 2012 to another full-time course beginning on or after 1st September 2012 and the student’s status as a person eligible for support has been transferred from the earlier course to the later course under regulations made under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1).

(2) Except in a specified case—

(a) the higher amount and the floor amount in respect of that higher amount are both £3,465;

(b) the basic amount and the floor amount in respect of that basic amount are both £1,380.

(3) In a specified case—

(a) the higher amount and the floor amount in respect of that higher amount are both £1,725;

(b) the basic amount and the floor amount in respect of that basic amount are both £680.

(4) In this regulation—

“end-on student” means a student who is undertaking a full-time honours degree course beginning on or after 1st September 2012 which, disregarding any intervening vacation, a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time course which is mentioned in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2 to the Student Support Regulations or a full-time foundation degree or ordinary degree course, which started before 1st September 2012, having achieved a qualification;

“specified case” means—

(a)

the final academic year of a course where that academic year is normally required to be completed after less than 15 weeks’ attendance;

(b)

in respect of a sandwich course, an academic year—

(i)

during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or

(ii)

if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the provider (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks;

(c)

in respect of a course provided in conjunction with an overseas provider, an academic year—

(i)

during which any periods of full-time study at the provider in the United Kingdom are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or

(ii)

if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the provider in the United Kingdom (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.

(1)

1998 c. 30.