The Education (Recognised Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2007

Made: 12th December 2007

Coming into force: 1st January 2008

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 216(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and extent

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Education (Recognised Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2007 and comes into force on 1st January 2008.

• (2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

Recognised Bodies

2

The bodies listed in the Schedule to this Order comprise all those bodies which appear to the Scottish Ministers to be recognised bodies.

Revocation

3

The Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1999[^f00002] and the Education (Recognised Bodies) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2005[^f00003] are revoked.

SCHEDULE

• University of Aberdeen

• University of Abertay Dundee

• Aberystwyth University (Prifysgol Aberystwyth)

• Anglia Ruskin University

• Archbishop of Canterbury, The

• University of the Arts, London

• Aston University

• Bangor University (Prifysgol Bangor)

• University of Bath

• Bath Spa University

• University of Bedfordshire

• University of Birmingham

• Birmingham City University

• Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln

• University of Bolton, The

• Bournemouth University

• BPP College of Professional Studies

• University of Bradford

• University of Brighton

• University of Bristol

• Brunel University

• University of Buckingham

• Buckinghamshire New University

• University of Cambridge

• Canterbury Christ Church University

• Cardiff University (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

• University of Central Lancashire

• University of Chester

• University of Chichester

• City University

• College of Law, The

• College of St Mark & St John, Plymouth, The

• Coventry University

• Cranfield University

• University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester

• University of Cumbria

• De Montfort University

• University of Derby

• University of Dundee

• University of Durham

• University of East Anglia

• University of East London

• Edge Hill University

• University of Edinburgh

• University of Essex

• University of Exeter

• University College Falmouth

• University of Glamorgan (Prifysgol Morgannwg)

• University of Glasgow

• Glasgow Caledonian University

• University of Gloucestershire

• University of Greenwich

• Harper Adams University College

• Henley Management College

• Heriot Watt University

• University of Hertfordshire

• University of Huddersfield

• University of Hull

• Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (also known as Imperial College, London)

• Institute of Education[^f00004]

• University of Keele

• University of Kent

• King’s College London

• Kingston University

• University of Lancaster

• University of Leeds

• Leeds Metropolitan University

• University of Leicester

• University of Lincoln

• University of Liverpool

• Liverpool Hope University

• Liverpool John Moores University

• University of London

• University College London

• London Metropolitan University

• London School of Economics and Political Science

• London South Bank University

• Loughborough University

• University of Manchester

• Manchester Metropolitan University, The

• Middlesex University

• Napier University

• University of Newcastle upon Tyne

• Newman College of Higher Education, Birmingham

• University of Northampton, The

• University of Northumbria at Newcastle

• University of Nottingham

• Nottingham Trent University

• Open University

• University of Oxford

• Oxford Brookes University

• University of Plymouth

• University of Portsmouth

• Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

• Queen’s University of Belfast, The

• University of Reading

• Robert Gordon University, The

• Roehampton University

• Royal Agricultural College

• Royal College of Art

• Royal College of Music

• Royal Northern College of Music

• Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, The

• University of Salford

• University of Sheffield

• Sheffield Hallam University

• University of Southampton

• Southampton Solent University

• University of St. Andrews

• St Mary’s University College

• Staffordshire University

• University of Stirling

• University of Strathclyde

• University of Sunderland

• University of Surrey

• University of Sussex

• Swansea University (Prifysgol Abertawe)

• University of Teesside

• Thames Valley University

• University of Ulster

• University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru)

• University of Wales Institute Cardiff (Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru Caerdydd)

• University of Wales, Lampeter (Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan)

• University of Wales, Newport (Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd)

• University of Warwick

• University of the West of England, Bristol

• University of the West of Scotland

• University of Westminster

• University of Winchester

• University of Wolverhampton

• University of Worcester

• University of York

• York St John University

• Schools, Colleges and Institutes of the University of London permitted by the University to award University of London degrees Birkbeck College Central School of Speech and Drama, The Courtauld Institute of Art Goldsmiths College Heythrop College Institute of Cancer Research London Business School London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Queen Mary and Westfield College (also known as Queen Mary, University of London) Royal Academy of Music Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (also known as Royal Holloway, University of London) Royal Veterinary College School of Oriental and African Studies School of Pharmacy St George’s Hospital Medical School

Signed

FIONA HYSLOP — A member of the Scottish Executive — 12th December 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order lists the name of all those bodies which appear to the Scottish Ministers to be recognised bodies for the purposes of section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988 (the “1988 Act”).

For these purposes, recognised bodies are:

• (a) universities, colleges or other bodies which are authorised by Royal Charter or by or under Act of Parliament to grant degrees; or

• (b) other bodies for the time being permitted by those bodies defined at paragraph (a) to act on their behalf in the granting of degrees.

Section 214 of the 1988 Act makes it an offence for any person to grant, offer to grant or issue any invitation relating to any award which is not a recognised award but which may be taken to be an award granted or to be granted by a United Kingdom institution and is either described as a degree or may reasonably be taken to be a degree.

• “Recognised awards” includes awards granted or to be granted by a recognised body. Any body listed in this Order is conclusively presumed to be a recognised body for the purposes of section 214.

The Order updates and replaces the list of bodies contained in the Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1999 (SI 1999/833) as amended by the Education (Recognised Bodies) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2005 (SSI 2005/591). This Order revokes the 1999 Order in respect of Scotland and the 2005 Amendment Order.

The Order adds a number of new bodies to the Schedule, as these bodies appear to the Scottish Ministers to fall within (a) or (b) above. It also includes a number of schools, colleges and institutes of the University of London which have been permitted by the University to award University of London degrees.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1988 c. 40. Relevant modifications to that Act are contained in the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999, Schedule 2, paragraph 91 (S.I. 1999/1820). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1999/833.

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2005/591.

[^f00004]: Constituent college of the University of London.