The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

CHAPTER 2 TYPES OF FEE SUPPORT AVAILABLE

Current system students

14.  A current system student (“A”) qualifies for a fee loan in respect of the fees payable by A in connection with A’s attendance on or undertaking of a designated course in accordance with Chapter 3 of this Part.

Old system students

15.—(1) An old system student (“A”) qualifies for a grant for fees in respect of the fees payable by A in connection with A’s attendance on a designated course in accordance with Chapter 4 of this Part.

(2) A qualifies for a fee contribution loan in respect of the fees payable by A in connection with A’s attendance on a designated course in accordance with Chapter 5 of this Part.

Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year

16.  Where one of the events listed in regulation 17 occurs in the course of an academic year—

(a) a student may qualify for fee support in accordance with this Part in respect of that academic year provided that the relevant event occurred within the first three months of the academic year; and

(b) fee support is not available in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the relevant event occurred.

Events

17.  The events are—

(a) the student’s course becomes a designated course;

(b) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent is recognised as a refugee or becomes a person granted humanitarian protection;

(c) a state accedes to the EU where the student is a national of that state or a family member (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) of a national of that state;

(d) the student becomes a family member (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) of an EU national;

(e) the student acquires the right of permanent residence;

(f) the student becomes the child of a Turkish worker;

(g) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1; or

(h) the student becomes the child of a Swiss national.

Students to be treated as in attendance on a course

18.—(1) A student to whom this regulation applies is treated as if the student were in attendance on the designated course for the purpose of qualifying for fee support.

(2) This regulation applies to—

(a) a compressed degree student; or

(b) a disabled student who—

(i) is not a compressed degree student; and

(ii) is undertaking a designated course (other than a distance learning course) in the United Kingdom but is not in attendance because the student is unable to attend for a reason which relates to the student’s disability.