Amendments relating to notification of an applicant or student’s absence from, withdrawal from etc. their course10

1

The Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans and the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) etc.) Regulations 201840 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 13 (payment of postgraduate doctoral degree loans), in paragraph (6), for sub-paragraph (b) (including the “or” at the end) substitute—

b

the student withdraws from or abandons their course;

ba

the student is expelled from their course;

bb

the student is absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness;

bc

the student is suspended from their course (whether at the student’s request or not); or

3

In Schedule 2 (information), in paragraph 2—

a

in the words before sub-paragraph (a) for “Every applicant and” substitute “An applicant or”;

b

for sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) substitute—

a

they withdraw from or abandon their course;

b

they are expelled from their course;

c

they transfer to another course (whether at the same institution or not);

d

they are absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness;

e

they are suspended from their course (whether at the applicant’s or student’s request or not);

f

the month for the start or completion of their course changes;

g

their home or term-time address or telephone number changes;

h

they become, or cease to be, a prisoner or an eligible prisoner;

i

they start, in connection with their course, to receive any allowance, bursary or award of similar description made by UKRI.