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Is it not likely that we HEIs, out in the market place, and without guidance, will be the losers in what could/should have been a much simplified system by having to write of changes that may effect fee entitlement to both the SLC and LEA and to include the new regulation students on AS1/2 reports? Mark Judge Student Records Brunel University On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:26:08 +0100 Eleanor Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It leaves the LEAs up the proverbial creek without a paddle. My "local" LEA > is extremely worried about these matters, because they will still have a > duty to determine whether a student not only is eligible for fees support > but continues to be eligible for such support. Unless they are told of > factors which affect a student's eligibility (intercalation, transfer, > repeat period of study, progression to next academic year), they are not > going to be able to make this determination. They are worried that there > will be endless wrangles between students, LEAs, SLC and HEIs, each blaming > the other for not providing them with proper information. It may be that > when (if?) we ever get any concrete advice from DfEE and SLC on these > matters our fears, and that of LEAs, will be allayed, but until then they > won't be. > > Incidentally, has anyone actually received anything in writing from either > the DfEE or the SLC about the annual reporting exercise? If so, I'd be > glad to know of it! > > Eleanor Martin > > At 12:45 04/06/99 +0000, you wrote: > > > >Roger's point about students who have failed and are > >required to withdraw is noted. > > > >What I am concerned about is students who are repeating a > >year of study. > > > >I was under the (probably deluded) impression that that > >such students are nevertheless still eligible for a loan. > >Given that they have to pay it back anyway, it's fairly > >immaterial whether or not they happen to be repeating. > >What does bother me is the element of the tuition fee > >which the student does not have to repay (ie the LEA/SLC > >contribution). Surely in the case of a repeating student > >there will be no entitlement to, for the want of a better > >phrase, free money. In which case the LEA, who determines > >the eligibility for monies, must need to know if a student > >is repeating a year, in order to remove the tuition fee > >element from its calculations. > > > >Quite where this leaves the LEAs I've no idea. > > > >Yours in utter bewilderment, > > > > > > > >Nic Seager > >Assistant Registrar > >City University > >tel: 0171 477 8025 > >fax: 0171 477 8559 > > > >http://www.city.ac.uk > > > ============================================ > Eleanor Martin, Assistant Registrar, Academic Division, > UEA. > Tel. 01603 592205 ---------------------- Mark Judge [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%