Full-time courses

Courses in these subject categories are eligible as a full-time exception:

• graduate entry medicine and dentistry
• postgraduate pre-registration healthcare
• subjects allied to medicine (allied health professional (AHP) courses only)
• initial teacher training
• architecture
• veterinary science

Part-time courses

According to the student support regulations, only courses in these subject categories under version 1.2 of the Common Aggregation Hierarchy (CAH) are eligible from AY 2019/20 as a part-time exception:

• Medicine and Dentistry (CAH01)
• Subjects allied to medicine (CAH02) (AHP courses only)
• Biological and Sport Science (CAH03)
• Psychology (CAH04)
• Veterinary Sciences (CAH05)
• Agriculture, food and related sciences (CAH06)
• Physical Sciences (CAH07)
• General and others in sciences (CAH08)
• Mathematical Sciences (CAH09)
• Engineering and Technology (CAH10)
• Computing (CAH11)
• Geography, Earth and Environmental Studies (CAH12)

From AY 2020/21, Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) provided version 1.3 of the Common Aggregation Hierarchy (CAH) and these rules apply in addition:

• Medicine and Dentistry (CAH01)
• Subjects allied to medicine (CAH02)
• Biological and Sport Science (CAH03)
• Psychology (CAH04)
• Veterinary Sciences (CAH05)
• Agriculture, food and related sciences (CAH06)
• Physical Sciences (CAH07)
• Mathematical Sciences (CAH09)
• Engineering and Technology (CAH10)
• Computing (CAH11)
• Geography, Earth and Environmental Studies (CAH26)

Implementation of version 1.3 took place in November 2019 when it replaced version 1.2. This could mean that a course could be classified as CAH08 or CAH26 depending on when the student applied.

Allied health profession (AHP) courses

To qualify for the allied health profession (AHP) disregard, a course must meet the definition of 'subjects allied to medicine'. Any course that falls under this definition counts towards the previous‑study disregard introduced in the NHS changes for AY 2017/18.

According to the student support regulations, an AHP subject means:

• chiropody
• dental profession subjects
• dietetics
• dietetics and nutrition
• occupational therapy
• orthotics
• orthotics and prosthetics
• physiotherapy
• podiatry
• radiography
• radiotherapy
• speech and language therapy