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.