Question: Can I continue to sponsor a tier 4 student who is continuing with distance learning?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for Tier 2, 4 and 5 sponsors
section_headers: If you have issued a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) and the sponsored employee or student has not yet applied for a visa
section_content: The employee or student will still be able to apply for a visa.
The start date for the course or employment stated on the CoS or CAS may have
changed. We will not automatically refuse such cases.
For example, we may accept a CoS or CAS if they have become invalid because
the employee or student was unable to travel as a result of coronavirus. We
will consider this on a case by case basis.
[CoS]: Certificate of Sponsorship
  [CAS]: confirmation of acceptance for studies

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer is irrelevant to the question. This information is about start date for course or employment on Certificate of Sponsorship and confirmation of acceptance for studies. It does not provide any information on whether or not people can continue sponsoring Tier 4 students who are continuing with distance learning as asked in the question.
This talks about visa for students and not sponsoring students.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for Tier 2, 4 and 5 sponsors
section_headers: If your student or employee is absent
section_content: We will not take enforcement action against sponsors who continue to sponsor
students or employees despite absences due to coronavirus.
You do not need to report student or employee absences related to coronavirus.
This can include absences due to illness, their need to isolate or inability
to travel due to travel restrictions.
You do not need to withdraw sponsorship if because of coronavirus:

a student is unable to attend for more than 60 days
an employee is absent from work without pay for more than 4 weeks

We will keep this under review.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This does not answer the question  but refers to something else.
This does not answer the question. It does not provide any information on whether or not people can continue sponsoring tier 4 students who are continuing distance learning. Instead, it provides information on sponsoring students or employees who are absence due to coronavirus and whether or not one should withdraw their sponsorship.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for Tier 2, 4 and 5 sponsors
section_headers: If you’re sponsoring a student who is distance learning
section_content: You can continue to sponsor existing Tier 4 students who are continuing their
studies through distance learning, whether they are in the UK or another
country.
If a student has permanently withdrawn from their studies or deferred their
studies for reasons unrelated to coronavirus, you must report this as usual.
You do not need to withdraw sponsorship for new students who have been issued
a Tier 4 visa but are distance learning because they have been unable to
travel to the UK.
New international students who have not yet applied for a visa but want to
start a course by distance learning do not require sponsorship under Tier 4.
This is because they do not need to travel to the UK.
You do not need to tell the Home Office when students have moved to distance
learning.
These arrangements will apply until 31 May 2020, when they will be reviewed.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answers the question in detail and gives more information.
This is a direct answer to the question. It provides information on whether or not people can continue sponsoring Tier 4 students who are continuing their studies through distance learning.

Reviewer ratings:
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Excellent