The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021

PART 4 PART-TIME STUDENTS – RESTRICTIONS ON SUPPORT FOR GRADUATES

CHAPTER 1 AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2017

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017

40.  The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 are amended in accordance with regulations 41 to 43.

Amendments to regulation 2

41.  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 81

42.  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 Group(1) 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 7

43.  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”.

CHAPTER 2 AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2018

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

44.  The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 are amended in accordance with regulations 45 to 47.

Amendments to regulation 25

45.  In regulation 25 (part-time students – restrictions on support for graduates)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for Case 3 substitute—

“Case 3

The present course leads to an honours degree and is—

(a) concerned with the study of the history, grammar and use of Welsh,

(b) a course whose code and label under the Higher Education Classification of Subjects are listed in Schedule 5A, or

(c) 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 are 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 (3) substitute—

“(3) In Case 3, the “Common Aggregation Hierarchy” means version 1.3.3 of the Common Aggregation Hierarchy approved by the Higher Education Statistics Agency Data Landscape Steering Group(2) 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 5A

46.  In Schedule 5A (Higher Education Classification of Subjects Course Codes and Labels)—

(a) for the reference to “sub-paragraph (c) of Case 3 in regulation 25(2)” substitute “sub-paragraph (b) of Case 3 in regulation 25(2)”;

(b) after the reference to “Case 3 in regulation 25(2).” insert ““The Higher Education Classification of Subjects” has the meaning given in paragraph (3) of regulation 25.”;

(c) for Table 15A substitute—

“Table 15A

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”.

Amendments to Schedule 7

47.  In Schedule 7 (index of defined terms), Table 16, insert the following entries into the appropriate places—

““Common Aggregation Hierarchy”

Regulation 25(3)”;

““Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS)”

Regulation 25(3)”.

(1)

See https://www.hesa.ac.uk/innovation/hecos .

(2)

https://www.hesa.ac.uk/innovation/hecos.