Council Tax Exemption Regulations

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Dear The School of Pharmacy,

The current regulations regarding student exemption from council tax state that in order to be classified as a full time student you must be;

"enrolled to attend a course of education lasting for at least one academic or calendar year - and which you are normally required to attend for at least 24 weeks out of the year and study for at least 21 hours per week during term time"

"Attendance" is defined as face to face contact teaching time with a lecturer/teacher, and does not include unsupervised individual or group study or examinations.

Could you please tell me,

1) How do you define a full time course?

2) How many full time (as defined by the university) courses do you teach each year?

3) How many full time students are enrolled at the University?

4) How many of the full time courses that you run would be classed as full time under the regulations above?

5) How many full time students are enrolled on the courses listed in question

Yours faithfully,

Kiara Vincent

Dear The School of Pharmacy,

Question 5 should read,

5) How many full time students are enrolled on the courses listed in question 4?

Yours faithfully,

Kiara Vincent

Joanna O'Brien,

Dear Ms Vincent

Thank you for your FOI request. Please see our responses below.

The current regulations regarding student exemption from council

tax state that in order to be classified as a full time student you

must be;

"enrolled to attend a course of education lasting for at least one

academic or calendar year - and which you are normally required to

attend for at least 24 weeks out of the year and study for at least

21 hours per week during term time"

"Attendance" is defined as face to face contact teaching time with

a lecturer/teacher, and does not include unsupervised individual or

group study or examinations.

Could you please tell me,

1) How do you define a full time course?

We have no specific definition as the patterns will vary depending on the
course. However, the minimum would comply with the guidance above.
Students must attend for at least 24 weeks (i.e. have some form of face to
face contact with a member of staff).

2) How many full time (as defined by the university) courses do
you

teach each year?

Five (MPharm undergraduate degree, four MScs and an MRes).

3) How many full time students are enrolled at the University?

797

4) How many of the full time courses that you run would be classed

as full time under the regulations above?

Five

5) How many full time students are enrolled on the courses listed

in question 4?

797

With best wishes

Joanna O'Brien

Assistant Secretary

The School of Pharmacy

University of London

29-39 Brunswick Square

London WC1N 1AX

020 7753 5814

[email address]

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