Re. reply from Sybil Green: it isn't necessarily the case that an LEA will
terminate a student's award when he/she withdraws. If the student has
indicated that he/she is likely to be applying for entry to another
institution, the LEA may suspend the award rather than terminate it.
Eleanor Martin
At 16:27 17/08/98 GMT, you wrote:
>Patrick
> I would have thought that when this student left Exeter, your
> University would have notified his LEA that he had withdrawn and his
> award would therefore have been terminated. As no transfer was in
> the offing, then it would be difficult to give retrospective approval
> for a transfer on educational grounds! However, you mention that he
> withdrew on personal and medical grounds so maybe the LEA is trying
> to be sympathetic and are not therefore applying the transfer regs
> rigorously. Has anyone noticed by the way that Regulation 14
> requires the recommendation of the academic authority when the
> student commences another course at the same institution but just
> written consent where the course is at another institution. One LEA
> dug its heels in on this and as one slightly jaded academic
> Department refused to recommend but was prepared to consent, the
> student lost his grant entitlement!
>
> Sybil Green
> Senior Adviser
> Dean of Students Office
> Cardiff University
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > From: OMEGA::SMTP%"[log in to unmask]" 17-AUG-1998 16:00
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> CC:
>> Subj: Student Transfers - 'Academic Grounds'
>>
>> I'd be grateful for comments from colleagues who've dealt
>> with requests from students who have left or are about to
>> leave their institution for another, and are after a letter
>> stating that the institution approves their transfer on
>> 'academic grounds', which implies a transfer of eligibility
>> for fees/grant awards.
>>
>> One such student, who left Exeter some 12 months ago for
>> personal/medical reasons, has now decided to study
>> elsewhere (certainly not advised by his home dept here that
>> this was his best option) and wants a letter from us per
>> the above. While I can understand that the student wants
>> to maintain LEA funding as far as he can, (a) I can't say
>> this transfer has anything to do with academic counselling
>> and (b) see this as an abuse of the funding rules as they
>> are currently devised for the genuine cases.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> ----------------------
>> Patrick Kennedy
>> University of Exeter
>> (01392) 263021
>>
>>
>
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Eleanor Martin, Assistant Registrar, Academic Division,
UEA.
Tel. 01603 592205
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