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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 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 1Column 2
Common Aggregation Hierarchy groupsCode 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 codeHECoS label
100706Hair and make-up
101374Hair services
100131Radiology
100456Childhood studies
100302History
100337Philosophy
100621Gender studies
101233Cultural studies
100986Water resource management
100807Heritage management
101091Quaternary studies
101078Applied environmental sciences
101079Hydrology
101072Pollution control
100381Environmental sciences
101070Climate change
101067Soil science
101394Glaciology and cryospheric systems
100408Environmental geography
101352Biogeography
101065Maritime geography
101064Geomorphology
100410Physical geography
101058Mapping science
101056Remote sensing
100369Geographical information systems
100052Ergonomics
101104Applied geology
101351Atmosphere-ocean interactions
100379Climate science
100394Earth sciences
101106Engineering geology
100380Environmental geoscience
101093Exploration geology
101084Exploration geophysics
101083Geochemistry
101082Geological hazards
101086Geological oceanography
100395Geology
100396Geophysics
101089Hydrogeology
101073Hydrography
100418Marine sciences
100382Meteorology
100421Ocean sciences
100398Palaeontology
101105Petroleum geology
101081Volcanology.

CHAPTER 2AMENDMENTS 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 1Column 2
Common Aggregation Hierarchy groupsCode 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 codeHECoS label
100706Hair and make-up
101374Hair services
100131Radiology
100456Childhood studies
100302History
100337Philosophy
100621Gender studies
101233Cultural studies
100986Water resource management
100807Heritage management
101091Quaternary studies
101078Applied environmental sciences
101079Hydrology
101072Pollution control
100381Environmental sciences
101070Climate change
101067Soil science
101394Glaciology and cryospheric systems
100408Environmental geography
101352Biogeography
101065Maritime geography
101064Geomorphology
100410Physical geography
101058Mapping science
101056Remote sensing
100369Geographical information systems
100052Ergonomics
101104Applied geology
101351Atmosphere-ocean interactions
100379Climate science
100394Earth sciences
101106Engineering geology
100380Environmental geoscience
101093Exploration geology
101084Exploration geophysics
101083Geochemistry
101082Geological hazards
101086Geological oceanography
100395Geology
100396Geophysics
101089Hydrogeology
101073Hydrography
100418Marine sciences
100382Meteorology
100421Ocean sciences
100398Palaeontology
101105Petroleum geology
101081Volcanology.

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).

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