Dear Jayne
     I have been in touch with the DfEE re the proposed transfer 
     arrangements i.e. the shortening of the 16 months to 12 months.  
     Shall we say that a student starts Year 2 of his course and decides 
     to transfer in November (i.e. before the tuition fee for the year is 
     payable).  If he starts Year 2 of the new course the following 
     September then the DfEE confirms that he will only be entitled to 
     funding for the final year (assuming both courses are of 3 year 
     duration).  This seems unfair as the effective outcome is tuition fee 
     funding for 2 years only.  If the transfer period was reduced to 15 
     months rather than 12 then, in cases where the second year tuition 
     fee hadn't been paid, funding would be assured for the duration of 
     the new course.
     
     Sybil Green
     Cardiff University
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> From:	OMEGA::SMTP%"[log in to unmask]"    27-JAN-1999 18:29
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> CC:	[log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
> Subj:	Re: False start regulations
> 
> Further to pamela's comments . 
> Whilst an extension of the 20 wk rule is welcome there remains 
> some discrepancies over the transfer regs which ( in the draft regs) 
> have been shortened from 16 months to 12 months for  'new'  
> students.(98/99 entrant may be transitionally protected .The Dfee 
> are going to let me know)) 
> The dfee are currently reappraising this regulation . 
> If anyone who has any examples as to why a 12 month transfer 
> system may disadvantage students,  (with particular reference to 
> the administration processes),other than the obvious four months 
> extra to make a decision about transfering, could you please let me 
> know. I will then feed your comments back in to the Dfee.
> Many thanks, 
> Jayne 
> Chair - NASMA
> 
> 
> On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:55:52 +0000 Lis Wilkie 
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >In the recent SSINs there is info on "false starts" of one year 
> being 
> >in the new regs, so that this doesn't count as previous study.
> >
> >In the wisdom of colleagues is this to be applied retrospectively 
> ie 
> >to the advantage of old students - as the previous regs were to 
> some 
> >students'  disadvantage when they were introduced - or only to 
> those 
> >who false start from 1999 onwards!
> >
> >Answers to this very weloome,  as well as thoughts on the 
> >implications for advice given to past students.
> >
> >Lis W
> 
> 
> Jayne Aldridge
> Team Leader, Student Advice
> Student Services
> Thames Valley University
> North East Building
> St Mary's road
> Ealing, London  W5 5RF
> U.K.
> 
> Tel:  	00 44 181 231 2508
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