PART 4FINANCIAL SUPPORT

CHAPTER 4GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS FOR COLLEGE OF EUROPE STUDENTS

Disabled students' allowance22

1

A student qualifies for a disabled students' allowance to assist with the additional expenditure which the Welsh Ministers are satisfied the student is obliged to incur in connection with the student’s undertaking of a designated course by reason of a disability to which the student is subject.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of the disabled student’s allowance is the amount that the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate in accordance with the student’s circumstances to assist with one or more types of eligible expenditure as described in paragraph (4).

3

The amount of disabled student’s allowance must not exceed £10,260 in respect of the academic year.

4

The types of eligible expenditure are—

a

expenditure on a non-medical personal helper;

b

expenditure on major items of specialist equipment;

c

any additional expenditure incurred—

i

in the country where the College of Europe is located for the purpose of attending the institution; and

ii

within or outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of travelling to the College of Europe in order to attend the current course.