The Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations 1997

Awards by research councils and others

6.—(1) It shall be lawful for a body or institution mentioned in paragraph (3) to adopt rules of eligibility for awards (however described) in connection with courses of education or training in connection with the undertaking of research which confine eligibility—

(a) in the case of fees awards to—

(i) the persons mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Schedule, or

(ii) the persons who would be mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) if references to the United Kingdom and Islands in paragraph 9 of the Schedule were references to Great Britain, or

(iii) the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) excepting persons mentioned in paragraph 1 of the Schedule who are not ordinarily resident in Great Britain, in England and Wales or in England, as the maker of the awards has determined, on the relevant date, or who cannot satisfy the maker of the awards that they will be so resident on the 30th June next following that date, or

(iv) the persons who are mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) excepting persons mentioned in paragraph 1 of the Schedule who are not ordinarily resident in England and Wales, or in England, as the maker of the awards has determined, on the relevant date, or who cannot satisfy the maker of the awards that they will be so resident on the 30th June next following that date;

(b) in the case of maintenance awards to the persons who would be mentioned in paragraph (a) if the references to paragraph 5 of the Schedule were deleted.

(2) It shall also be lawful for a body or an institution to adopt rules of eligibility which confine eligibility to the persons who would be mentioned in paragraph (1) if the references to paragraph 2 of the Schedule were deleted or if regulation 2(4) and (5) did not apply to the interpretation of this regulation and the Schedule.

(3) The bodies and institutions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) the following research councils—

• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,

• Economic and Social Research Council,

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council,

• Medical Research Council,

• Natural Environment Research Council,

• Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council;

(b) the following institutions—

• the British Academy,

• the British Museum (Natural History),

• the Royal Academy of Engineering,

• the Royal Society;

(c) the following further education establishments—

• Coleg Harlech, Gwynedd,

• Co-operative College, Loughborough,

• Fircroft College, Birmingham,

• Hillcroft College, Surbiton,

• Northern College, Nr. Barnsley,

• Plater College, Oxford,

• Royal College of Art, London,

• Ruskin College, Oxford,

• the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield.

(4) A reference to “relevant date” in this regulation, and for the purposes of the application of this regulation in the Schedule, is a reference to the date of the application for an award.

(5) Where rules of eligibility confine awards to persons who are or will be ordinarily resident in part only of the United Kingdom and Islands a person who is ordinarily resident in some other part of the United Kingdom and Islands on the relevant date shall not for the purposes of this regulation be considered to fall within paragraph 5 of the Schedule.

(6) The maker of awards may adopt different eligibility rules falling within paragraph (1) or (2) for different classes or descriptions of awards.