The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

Part-time students – calculation of intensity of study

5.—(1) In these Regulations, a reference to the intensity of study in relation to a part-time course is a reference to the lower of—

(a) the percentage calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2), or

(b) 75%.

(2) The percentage is calculated as follows—

Where—

• PT is the number of modules, credits, credit points, points or other units to be awarded to the student undertaking the part-time course by the academic authority if the student successfully completes the academic year in connection with which the student is applying for support, and

• FT is—

  (a)

  where the course is provided by or on behalf of the Open University, 120;

  (b)

  where the course is provided by or on behalf of any other institution, the number of modules, credits, credit points, points or other units that a standard full-time student would be required to obtain in each academic year in order to complete the full-time equivalent within the period ordinarily required to complete that course.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) “full-time equivalent” means a full-time course leading to the same qualification as the part-time course in question;

(b) the “period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent” means the period in which a standard full-time student would complete the full-time equivalent;

(c) “standard full-time student” means a student who is taken—

(i) to have started the full-time equivalent on the same date as the student undertaking the part-time course in question,

(ii) not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent,

(iii) not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent, and

(iv) not to have been absent from the full-time equivalent other than during vacations.