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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/148/schedule/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2011</dc:title><dc:subject>Student grants</dc:subject><dc:subject>Part-time courses</dc:subject><dc:subject>Distance learning</dc:subject><dc:subject>Further and higher education</dc:subject><dc:subject>Adult and community education</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">EDUCATION, WALES</dc:subject><dc:modified>2026-08-05</dc:modified><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dct:valid>2011-02-21</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations provide for financial support for students who are ordinarily resident in Wales taking designated higher education courses in respect of academic years beginning on or after 1 September 2011. They consolidate, with some changes, the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”).</dc:description>
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<Number>SCHEDULE 2</Number>
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<Title>DESIGNATED COURSES</Title>
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<Reference>Regulations 5, 73 and 90</Reference>
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<Text>A course for the Diploma of Higher Education.</Text>
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<Text>A course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National Certificate of—</Text>
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<Text>the Business &amp; Technician Education Council; or</Text>
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<Text>the Scottish Qualification Authority.</Text>
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<Text>A course for the certificate of Higher Education.</Text>
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<Text>A course in preparation for a professional examination of a standard higher than that of—</Text>
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<Text>A course—</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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