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The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018, Section 15 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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15.—(1) This regulation applies to an eligible student who—
(a)is undertaking a full-time or sandwich course, and
(b)has undertaken a previous course.
(2) Where this regulation applies, the maximum period of eligibility for a tuition fee loan, a base grant, a maintenance grant or a grant for travel is the period calculated as follows—
Ordinary duration of the present course.
Plus
Number of academic years repeated by the eligible student for compelling personal reasons.
Plus
One year.
Less
Number of academic years undertaken by the eligible student on the previous course or courses (if the student has undertaken more than one previous course).
But no deduction is to be made if the student is a teacher training student or is undertaking an accelerated graduate entry course.
(3) If the eligible student did not successfully complete the latest previous course for compelling personal reasons—
(a)one additional year is to be added to the calculation made under paragraph (2), and
(b)a further additional year may be added if the Welsh Ministers think it appropriate to do so having regard to those reasons.
(4) If the Welsh Ministers determine that regulation 18 applies to a student, they may add one or more additional years to the calculation made under paragraph (2) as they think appropriate.
(5) Where this regulation and regulation 16 apply to an eligible student, the student's maximum period of eligibility for a—
(a)tuition fee loan,
(b)base grant,
(c)maintenance grant, or
(d)grant for travel.
is to be calculated in accordance with regulation 16.
(6) In paragraph (2), “teacher training student” means a student who is not a qualified teacher undertaking a full-time course for the initial training of teachers the duration of which is no more than 2 years.
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