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Hi Emma I am probably not going to help with this response but feel this matter needs to be looked at in the wider context. I am the Chair of the SLC vulnerable student stakeholder group and the issue of healthcare students making up hours either over the summer of their final AY or going into another AY (4th in most case as you have said) has been discussed extensively over the past two years. Primarily in relation to eligibility for the childcare grant but for some students around maintenance support too. To give you some background, SFE (different rules apply in Wales) have been rejecting students for funding for the 'partial 4th year' as the guidance says that a final year of study must normally be 8 weeks or more. However, after lengthy consideration this eight week rule has now been removed and so a student who needs to extend their course into a 4th year to make up hours will be eligible for funding (including any grants for dependants) for the extended/repeat period, regardless of how short this period is. This is as long as the student needs to attend something - either their placement or university - and not just resubmit work. I think some of the confusion is about the fact that the students are not actually repeating , they are making up hours, but the only way to reflect this is to say they are repeating their final year of study. I believe the SLC are producing some comms about this change and will also be looking at those that have previously been rejected to see what can be done to support them. I hope this makes sense and apologies for adding to your workload. Best wishes Lynne Condell From: List for discussions regarding Student Loans Company and Bursaries <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Boylan, Emma Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 3:03 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Health Courses and Student Loan Funding Hi all, I'm doing a piece of work with our School of Health at the moment with regards to their processes and the university's student record system (ie, they often don't work well together!). This has included some pressing issues regarding their students' eligibility for student loans for the final part of their course. If there is anyone out there who has similar programmes who'd be happy to have a chat about how you manage it with your student record system, I would be very grateful - please message me! From what I can gather from discussions so far, the way our programmes are structured, in particular the nursing and midwifery ones, the students quite often are still doing placement hours into the next academic year (so into a 4th year, when the course is only 3 years long). They are then logged as dormant/repeat without attendance as there doesn't seem to be anywhere else for them to go, and no fees attached. This, of course, impacts the student and they can't get a loan as they are not confirmed as attending for that 4th year (or part of year). I'd love to hear how others are managing this. Any sage advice, most welcome! Thanks, Emma [cid:image001.png@01D9FB90.D3418850] Emma Boylan (Pronouns: She/Her) Assistant Director (Registry Services) Academic Services City, University of London Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB www.city.ac.uk<http://www.city.ac.uk/> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Chat to me on MS Teams<https:[log in to unmask]> [cid:image002.png@01D9FB90.D3418850] ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the ADMIN-SLC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=ADMIN-SLC&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ADMIN-SLC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=ADMIN-SLC&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ADMIN-SLC, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/