The Agriculture (Student Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Part-time higher education course

6.—(1) A “ part-time higher education course” means a higher education course which meets the following conditions—

(a) it is of at least one academic year’s duration;

(b) it is ordinarily possible to complete the higher education course in not more than four times the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent; and

(c) the intensity of study in one academic year is less than or equal to 75%.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) “period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent” means the period in which a standard full-time student would complete the full-time equivalent or a full-time higher education course at the same FHEQ level where no full-time equivalent exists.

(b) “standard full-time student” is a student who is to be taken—

(i) to have begun the full-time equivalent on the same date as the part-time student began the part-time higher education course in question;

(ii) not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent;

(iii) not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent; and

(iv) not to be absent from the full-time equivalent other than during vacations.