PART 4GRANTS FOR FEES

Amount of grants for fees at a publicly funded institution

13.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount of the grant for fees in respect of an academic year of a designated course at a publicly-funded institution is £1,200.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) the amount of the grant for fees in respect of an academic year is £600 in the following cases—

(a)the final year of the course where that year is ordinarily 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 institution (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks;

(c)in respect of a course for the initial training of teachers (including a course leading to a first degree), an academic year during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks;

(d)in respect of a course provided in conjunction with an overseas institution, an academic year—

(i)during which the periods of full-time study at the institution 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 institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks; or

(e)in respect of an academic year of a course provided by the British Institute in Paris which began before 1 September 2001.

(3) In the case of a designated course at Heythrop College, the amount of grant for fees in respect of an academic year is £2,145.

(4) A deduction may be made from the grant for fees determined under paragraph (1) or (2) in accordance with regulation 46.