PART 4KEY CONCEPTS

CHAPTER 2ELIGIBILITY

SECTION 4Previous study

Further restriction on support for part-time students27

1

An eligible student undertaking a part-time course does not qualify for support under these Regulations other than a disabled student’s grant if the student—

a

has undertaken one or more part-time courses for an aggregate of at least—

i

8 academic years (where that course or the earliest of those courses began before 1 September 2014), or

ii

16 academic years (where that course or the earliest of those courses began on or after 1 September 2014), and

b

has received relevant support in respect of at least 8 or, as the case may be, 16 of those academic years of the part-time course or courses.

2

In paragraph (1)(b), “relevant support” means—

a

a loan, a grant in respect of fees or a grant for books, travel and other expenditure made in respect of an academic year—

i

under these Regulations or any other regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act, or

ii

under regulations made under Articles 3 and 8(4) of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 199821;

b

a loan made in respect of an academic year under regulations made under sections 73(f), 73B and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 198022.