
2024 No. 144 (W. 31)
Education, Wales
The Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024
Made 13 February 2024
Laid before Senedd Cymru 15 February 2024
Coming into force 8 March 2024
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 22(1)(a), 22(2)(a), (b) and (d) and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, and now exercisable by them, and powers conferred on them under sections 5(3) and 55(2) of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015.
Title and coming into force
1 

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 8 March 2024.
Amendments to the Higher Education (Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2015
2 
The Higher Education (Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2015 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.
3 
For regulation 3 (but not the heading before it) substitute—“
3. 
Subject to regulations 4, 5 and 6, Column 2 of Table 1 specifies the prescribed maximum amount for the purposes of section 5(3) of the 2015 Act in respect of an academic year in the corresponding entry in Column 1.

Table 1
Column 1 Column 2
Academic year Prescribed maximum amount
Beginning before 1 August 2024 £9,000
Beginning on or after 1 August 2024 £9,250”
4 
For regulation 4 (but not the heading before it) substitute—“
4. 

(1) This regulation applies in respect of—
(a) the final academic year of a course where that academic year is normally required to be completed after less than 15 weeks’ attendance;
(b) a course of initial training of teachers (including such a course leading to a first degree), an academic year during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks.
(2) Where this regulation applies, Column 2 of Table 2 specifies the prescribed maximum amount for the purposes of section 5(3) of the 2015 Act in respect of an academic year in the corresponding entry in Column 1.

Table 2
Column 1 Column 2
Academic year Prescribed maximum amount
Beginning before 1 August 2024 £4,500
Beginning on or after 1 August 2024 £4,625”
5 
For regulation 5 (but not the heading before it) substitute—“
5. 

(1) This regulation applies in respect of an academic year of a sandwich course—
(a) during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, or
(b) if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.
(2) Where this regulation applies, Column 2 of Table 3 specifies the prescribed maximum amount for the purposes of section 5(3) of the 2015 Act in respect of an academic year in the corresponding entry in Column 1.

Table 3
Column 1 Column 2
Academic year Prescribed maximum amount
Beginning before 1 August 2024 £1,800
Beginning on or after 1 August 2024 £1,850”
6 
For regulation 6 (but not the heading before it) substitute—“
6. 

(1) This regulation applies in respect of an academic year of a course provided in conjunction with an overseas institution—
(a) during which any periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, or
(b) if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.
(2) Where this regulation applies, Column 2 of Table 4 specifies the prescribed maximum amount for the purposes of section 5(3) of the 2015 Act in respect of an academic year in the corresponding entry in Column 1.

Table 4
Column 1 Column 2
Academic year Prescribed maximum amount
Beginning before 1 August 2024 £1,350
Beginning on or after 1 August 2024 £1,385”
Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017
7 
In each of regulations 16(1), 19(1) and 20(1) of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017, at the end insert “or (ea)”.
Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018
8 
In regulation 40 of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018, in Table 2—
(a) in Column 1, after “Beginning on or after 1 September 2018” in both places it occurs, insert “but before 1 September 2024”;
(b) at the end of the Table, insert the following table entries—“
Beginning on or after 1 September 2024 1 Ordinary provider Wales £9,250 for a full-time course£2,625 for a part-time course
Elsewhere in UK £9,250 for a full-time course£6,935 for a part-time course
Private institution Wales £6,165 for a full-time course£2,625 for a part-time course
Elsewhere in UK £6,165 for a full-time course£4,625 for a part-time course
2 Ordinary provider Wales £4,625
Elsewhere in UK £4,625
Private institution Wales and elsewhere in UK £3,080
3 Ordinary provider Wales £1,850
England £1,850
Scotland and Northern Ireland £4,625
Private institution Wales and England £1,230
Scotland and Northern Ireland £3,080
4 Ordinary provider Wales £1,385
England £1,385
Scotland and Northern Ireland £4,625
Private institution Wales and England £920
Scotland and Northern Ireland £3,080
5 Ordinary provider Wales and elsewhere in UK £5,785
6 Ordinary provider Wales £1,385
England and Scotland £1,385”
Jeremy Miles
Minister for Education and Welsh language, one of the Welsh Ministers
13 February 2024