The Education (Student Support and European University Institute) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

4.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Student Support Regulations—

(a) after the definition of “accelerated course” insert—

““authority-funded” means—

(a)

in relation to educational institutions in England, maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from the Higher Education Funding Council for England;

(b)

in relation to educational institutions in Wales, maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;

(c)

in relation to educational institutions in Scotland, maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from the Scottish Funding Council; and

(d)

in relation to educational institutions in Northern Ireland, maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland or the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland.”;

(b) for the definition of “Erasmus year”, substitute—

““Erasmus year” means an academic year of a course where a student is participating in the action scheme of the EU for the mobility of university students known as ERASMUS and the student’s course is a course referred to in regulation 5(1)(d) and―

(a)

where the course began before 1st September 2012, all the periods of study or work placement during the academic year are attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom (as the case may be);

(b)

where the course began on or after 1st September 2012 and is provided by an institution in Northern Ireland or Scotland, all the periods of study or work placement during the academic year are attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom (as the case may be); or

(c)

where the course began on or after 1st September 2012 and is provided by an institution in England or Wales―

(i)

at least one period of study or work placement is attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom (as the case may be); and

(ii)

either—

(aa)

in respect of that academic year the aggregate of any one or more periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom is less than 10 weeks; or

(bb)

in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.”;

(c) in the definition of “ordinary duration”, for “bursary years or Erasmus years” substitute—

“—

(a) bursary years;

(b) Erasmus years of a course provided by an institution in Northern Ireland or Scotland; or

(c) Erasmus years of a course provided by an institution in England or Wales where the course began before 1st September 2012”;

(d) in the definition of “preliminary course”, for “paragraph 1” substitute “paragraph 2”;

(e) in the definition of “standard academic year”—

(i) omit the words “(other than an academic year that is a bursary year or an Erasmus year)”; and

(ii) after “student” insert—

“but does not include an academic year that is—

(a)

a bursary year;

(b)

an Erasmus year of a course provided by an institution in Northern Ireland or Scotland; or

(c)

an Erasmus year of a course provided by an institution in England or Wales where the course began before 1st September 2012”.