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Do I take it that the Dfee now at least agree that students repeating only part of the year timewise but in full time registration for that part of the year (however short) will get both the fees and the loan? Wendy Sybil Green wrote: > > We have been told by various sources in the DfEE that students > repeating all or part of their first year for the first time are eligible for > assistance with tuition fees and this has been construed by several > LEAs as applying to students studying less than the usual quota of > modules. When the University was in a position to certify eligibility > for Student Loans, then on guidance from SLC and DfEE they > confirmed that the student was in attendance on a full-time course > of study, albeit for part of it, and thus eligible for a Student Loan. > At the AMOSSHE Conference, Nina Curley said that such > students were not eligible for a Student Loan. She said that they > were eligible for benefits as they were part-time students. It was > pointed out that this was not the case - they were ineligible for > benefits as they had not abandoned, terminated or been excluded > from the course. She was going to look into it further. > > Today I have spoken to Elsie Sellick DfEE who tells me that the > DfEE has taken legal advice on Regulation (8) (a) Student Support > Regulations and the opinion is that this regulation means that the > student must be in full-time attendance, even if this is for part of the > year, to be eligible for tuition fee support and Student Loan. So > "part of the first year" specifically refers to a period of time rather > than part of the full course requirements. > > So, what are these students supposed to do?? > > Please enlighten me and if Pamela Bell-Ashe has received > anything definitive from Nina Curley, I'd be very pleased to know the > outcome. > > Sybil Green > ------------------------------------ > Sybil Green > Senior Adviser > Dean of Students Office > Cardiff University > 01222-874179 > [log in to unmask] -- --------------------------------------- Wendy Shaw - Welfare Information Tel 01904 433730 - Fax 01904 434664 http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/welfare/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%