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<p>The department undertook equalities assessments on access to student finance for
individuals of Muslim faith in November 2015 when introducing regulations to move
from a system of maintenance grants to loans and in May 2016 when introducing the
Bill which became the Higher Education Research Act 2017 which includes provisions
to enable alternative student finance to be introduced. The assessments can be found
at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482110/bis-15-639-student-finance-equality-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p><a
href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524226/bis-16-281-he-research-bill-equality-analysis.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524226/bis-16-281-he-research-bill-equality-analysis.pdf</a>.</p><p>The
government’s assessment of the merits of alternative funding arrangements that is
compatible with Sharia law for individuals of Muslim faith was made in its response
to the consultation published in September 2014. The consultation response can be
found at the follow link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349899/bis-14-984-government-response-to-a-consultation-on-a-sharia-compliant-alternative-finance-product.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/349899/bis-14-984-government-response-to-a-consultation-on-a-sharia-compliant-alternative-finance-product.pdf</a>.</p>
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