The average is worked out by dividing the total number of weeks attendance by the number of years in the course. For this purpose the course starts with the first period of full-time study and ends with the last period of full-time study. 1 ESA Regs (NI), reg 14(2)(b); 2 Support Regs (NI), reg 2(9); Support Regs, reg 2(9); SL(Scot) Regs, reg 4(2) Work-related activity and education The guidance on course of study at DMG 41556 - 41583 does not apply where the claimant is required to attend a course of study as part of a requirement to undertake work-related activity1. 1 WR Act (NI), Sch 1, para 6(1)(g); ESA Regs (NI), reg 14(2A) 41585 - 41590 Meaning of full-time General 41591 The decision maker has to consider the meaning of full-time when deciding whether a person is in education. 41592 41593 The term full-time applies to the course itself and not to a person's attendance on it1. It is the time spent by a notional reasonable student that is considered. A person who attends a full-time course on a part-time basis is still in education. 1 R(SB) 40/83; R(SB) 41/83 41594 Each case must be decided on its facts1. The decision maker must look at the sequence of studies and activities that make up the course itself. The nature of the course is not affected by2 1. a person's reasons for attending it or 2. a person's readiness to abandon it or 3. what a particular person happens to be 1 R(SB) 40/83; R(SB) 41/83; 2 R(SB) 2/91 41595 In modular courses a sequence of studies is established once a person has decided which modules to take. This sequence can be distinguished from the work that the person is putting in at any given time. 41596 When deciding whether a course is full-time, decision makers should note that all of the studies and activities involved in it should be taken into account. This includes both supervised and unsupervised study and activity, whether done on or off college premises (see DMG 41611 et seq).
The average is worked out by dividing the total number of weeks attendance by the number of years in the course. For this purpose the course starts with the first period of full-time study and ends with the last period of full-time study. 1 ESA Regs (NI), reg 14(2)(b); 2 Support Regs (NI), reg 2(9); Support Regs, reg 2(9); SL(Scot) Regs, reg 4(2) Work-related activity and education The guidance on course of study at DMG 41556 - 41583 does not apply where the claimant is required to attend a course of study as part of a requirement to undertake work-related activity1. 1 WR Act (NI), Sch 1, para 6(1)(g); ESA Regs (NI), reg 14(2A) 41585 - 41590 Meaning of full-time General 41591 The decision maker has to consider the meaning of full-time when deciding whether a person is in education. 41592 41593 The term full-time applies to the course itself and not to a person's attendance on it1. It is the time spent by a notional reasonable student that is considered. A person who attends a full-time course on a part-time basis is still in education. 1 R(SB) 40/83; R(SB) 41/83 41594 Each case must be decided on its facts1. The decision maker must look at the sequence of studies and activities that make up the course itself. The nature of the course is not affected by2 1. a person's reasons for attending it or 2. a person's readiness to abandon it or 3. what a particular person happens to be 1 R(SB) 40/83; R(SB) 41/83; 2 R(SB) 2/91 41595 In modular courses a sequence of studies is established once a person has decided which modules to take. This sequence can be distinguished from the work that the person is putting in at any given time. 41596 When deciding whether a course is full-time, decision makers should note that all of the studies and activities involved in it should be taken into account. This includes both supervised and unsupervised study and activity, whether done on or off college premises (see DMG 41611 et seq).
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