2nd degree funding

Is the new degree a part time course?

The stem exemption is for part time study only

The degree is full-time, but it is an intergrated masters degree which means it should still get funding. To directly quote from the government website: "You may also get limited funding if you hold an Honours degree or a higher level of qualification and start a new course. This could be a part-time Honours degree, a joint Honours degree or an Integrated Master’s degree". Therefore, as it is an Intergrated Master degree, I should still get funding. Is this correct?

The exemption is for part time degrees (honours, joint honours and undergraduate masters part time degrees).

If it’s full time then it isn’t exempt

So why does the governments website say "This could be a part-time Honours degree, a joint Honours degree OR an Integrated Master’s degree". The "or" surely means that it only has to be one of those three options?

The part time wording applies to all three types of degree.

If the exemption applied to full time degrees too then the wording would specify that IN the sentence concerned (courses can be full time, part time or distance learning for student funding purposes - so if an exemption applies to full time and part time degrees then the wording stated “full time and part time”).

Stem exemption is available for part time second degrees.

You can always ask UWE directly. They’ll know if their course is exempt for SFE purposes. In fact their funding page explains it very clearly https://www.uwe.ac.uk/courses/funding/full-time-undergraduate-funding/equivalent-or-lower-qualification

The part time wording applies to all three types of degree.

If the exemption applied to full time degrees too then the wording would specify that IN the sentence concerned (courses can be full time, part time or distance learning for student funding purposes - so if an exemption applies to full time and part time degrees then the wording stated “full time and part time”).

Stem exemption is available for part time second degrees.

You can always ask UWE directly. They’ll know if their course is exempt for SFE purposes. In fact their funding page explains it very clearly https://www.uwe.ac.uk/courses/funding/full-time-undergraduate-funding/equivalent-or-lower-qualification

Thanks for the info, but that is a shame. Do you work for Student Finance England? If not, how do you know that this info is 100% correct?

So, I already have a BA degree in Philosophy from the University of Bristol, and I want to do a second full-time MSci degree in Biomedical Science (with a foundation year & a year in industry).

The govenment's SFE eligibility page says "You may also get limited funding if you hold an Honours degree or a higher level of qualification and start a new course. This could be a part-time Honours degree, a joint Honours degree or an Integrated Master’s degree".

This can be interpreted in two ways:
1) You can EITHER study a part-time Honours degree, e.g. BSc(Hons) in a STEM subject; OR a full-time joint Honours degree, e.g. BSc(Hons) in two STEM subjects; OR a full-time Intergated Masters degree, e.g. MSci in a STEM subject.
2) All 3 of these degree types (Honours degree, joint Honours degree and Integrated Masters degree) ALL have to be studied part-time in order to be eligibe for SFE funding.

I have assumed the first interpretation is correct. Am I wrong?