HC Deb 08 November 1995 vol 265 cc1010-1W
Mr. Rooney

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 22 March,Official Report, column 269, what definition he intends to introduce to mirror the concept of guided learning hours appropriate to England and Wales. [41948]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

[holding answer 7 November 1995]: It is proposed to define a full-time further education student in Scotland as a person undertaking a course of study which is funded in whole or in part by the Secretary of State at a college of further education if it involves:

  1. i. more than 16 hours per week of classroom or workshop-based programmed learning under the direct guidance of teaching staff; or
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  2. ii. 16 hours or less per week of classroom or workshop-based programmed learning under the direct guidance of teaching staff together with additional hours using structured learning packages supported by the teaching staff so that the combined total of hours exceeds 21 per week.

Students who do not satisfy this criteria will be regarded as part-time.

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