PART 4PART-TIME STUDENTS – RESTRICTIONS ON SUPPORT FOR GRADUATES
CHAPTER 1AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2017
Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 201740
The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 are amended in accordance with regulations 41 to 43.
Amendments to regulation 241
In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), insert the following entries into the appropriate places—
“Common Aggregation Hierarchy” (“Hierarchiaeth Cydgasglu Cyffredin”) has the meaning given in regulation 81(29);
“Higher Education Classification of Subjects” (“Dosbarthiad Pynciau Addysg Uwch”) has the meaning given in regulation 81(29);
Amendments to regulation 8142
In regulation 81 (eligible part-time students)—
a
for paragraph (28) substitute—
28
A course is specified for the purpose of paragraph (27) if—
a
it is concerned with the study of the history, grammar and use of Welsh;
b
it is a course whose code and label under the Higher Education Classification of Subjects are listed in Schedule 7; or
c
the course is listed in the Higher Education Classification of Subjects in one of the Common Aggregation Hierarchy groups in Column 1 of Table A1 except for those subjects whose code and label under the Higher Education Classification of Subjects is specified in the corresponding entry in Column 2.
Table A1
Column 1
Column 2
Common Aggregation Hierarchy groups
Code and label of Excluded subjects
Subjects allied to medicine (CAH02)
Biological and sport sciences (CAH03)
Psychology (CAH04)
Veterinary sciences (CAH05)
Agriculture, food and related studies (CAH06)
Physical sciences (CAH07)
(100392) Applied science
(100390) General science
(100391) Natural sciences
Mathematical sciences (CAH09)
Engineering and technology (CAH10)
Computing (CAH11)
b
for paragraph (29) substitute—
29
In this regulation, “the Common Aggregation Hierarchy” means version 1.3.3 of the Common Aggregation Hierarchy approved by the Higher Education Statistics Agency Data Landscape Steering Group7 and “the Higher Education Classification of Subjects” means the Higher Education Classification of Subjects maintained by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
Amendments to Schedule 743
In Schedule 7 (Higher Education Classification of Subjects Course Codes and Labels)—
a
for the reference to “paragraph (28)(c) of regulation 81” substitute “paragraph (28)(b) of regulation 81”;
b
after the reference to “paragraph (28)(c) of regulation 81.” insert ““The Higher Education Classification of Subjects” has the meaning given in paragraph (29) of regulation 81.”;
c
for Table 1 substitute—
HECoS code
HECoS label
100706
Hair and make-up
101374
Hair services
100131
Radiology
100456
Childhood studies
100302
History
100337
Philosophy
100621
Gender studies
101233
Cultural studies
100986
Water resource management
100807
Heritage management
101091
Quaternary studies
101078
Applied environmental sciences
101079
Hydrology
101072
Pollution control
100381
Environmental sciences
101070
Climate change
101067
Soil science
101394
Glaciology and cryospheric systems
100408
Environmental geography
101352
Biogeography
101065
Maritime geography
101064
Geomorphology
100410
Physical geography
101058
Mapping science
101056
Remote sensing
100369
Geographical information systems
100052
Ergonomics
101104
Applied geology
101351
Atmosphere-ocean interactions
100379
Climate science
100394
Earth sciences
101106
Engineering geology
100380
Environmental geoscience
101093
Exploration geology
101084
Exploration geophysics
101083
Geochemistry
101082
Geological hazards
101086
Geological oceanography
100395
Geology
100396
Geophysics
101089
Hydrogeology
101073
Hydrography
100418
Marine sciences
100382
Meteorology
100421
Ocean sciences
100398
Palaeontology
101105
Petroleum geology
101081
Volcanology