If he has an award now, even if it is suspended, I think that makes him
an "old" student. I have not seen the new Loans regulations, but I assume
they will include the same definitions as the Awards Regulations.
Roger Clark
Academic Registrar
University of Reading
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Eleanor Martin wrote:
> I'd be grateful for help on a particular case, which is a variant of the
> general case outlined in the original question, and raises the question of
> a student's status re. loans.
>
> I have just been telephoned by a prospective student who will enter the
> first year of one of our courses, having previously attended (but not
> completed) an HND course at another institution. His LEA award was
> suspended last year and will remain suspended until the final year of his
> course at UEA, when the LEA will reinstate the award. The student will
> therefore have to pay his own fees for the first two years of his course
> with us. That much is clear. What is not clear is what his status is with
> regard to a loan. Is he an existing student for loans purposes, or a new
> one? The Loans Company apparently think he will be a new student, and it
> would be in his interest to be a new student, since he would qualify for a
> higher loan. However, I would have thought that logically he would be
> classed as an existing student for both award and loan purposes. Since
> logic doesn't necessarily come into these matters, I though I'd canvass
> colleagues' views.
>
> Eleanor Martin
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