allowed students to work for part of the year before travelling. A voluntary maths course is offered by Loughborough University Best Maths Team. This course has been specially designed for engineering based students working in industry and aims to improve, and maintain students' maths skills over the course of the placement. The course is completed by the student through a series of distance learning modules and on-line tests. At this moment in time the Year in Industry placements do not legally entitle participants to student council tax exemptions. Undergraduate students are entitled to the exemption since they remain members of their respective universities for the duration of the gap year, however, pre-university students with deferred entry to university do not qualify as students by council tax law. In the past some appeals with support from the Year in Industry have been successful. Sources See also Engineering Development Trust The Learning Grid Engineering Education Scheme External links Engineering Development Trust website Learning Grid website Chartered Management Institute Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom Engineering education in the United Kingdom Science and technology in the United Kingdom