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The Power to Award Degrees etc. (TEC Partnership) Order 2024

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2024-09-12
Last updated 2025-11-30
State In force
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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Made: 12th September 2024

Coming into force: 31st October 2024

The Office for Students has requested advice from the relevant body regarding the quality of, and standards applied to, higher education provided by the provider, and has had regard to that advice in accordance with sections 46(1)(b), and 46(7) of the aforementioned Act.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Power to Award Degrees etc. (TEC Partnership) Order 2024 and shall come into force on 31st October 2024.

Competence to grant awards

2

TEC Partnership is authorised to grant awards of the kind mentioned in section 42(2)(a) of the said Act for taught awards up to and including bachelor’s degree level for an indefinite period.

3

TEC Partnership may authorise other institutions to grant such awards as specified in article 2 of this Order on its behalf.

Signed

Jean Arnold — Deputy Director of Quality — Office for Students — 12th September 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, made under section (42)(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 authorises TEC Partnership with the power to grant foundation degree only awards and awards up to and including bachelor’s degree awards for a fixed term expiring on 30th October 2026. This Order will come into force on 31st October 2024.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses and civil society organisations. The instrument has no impact on the public sector.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2017 c. 29.

Editorial notes

[^key-1ba87a43d4aa72a5424db03fd4c392f0]: Art. 1 in force at 31.10.2024, see art. 1

[^key-f489cceab8fdf181c716dfd7c5386c8c]: Art. 2 substituted (30.11.2025) by The Power to Award Degrees etc. (TEC Partnership) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/940), arts. 1, 2(2)

[^key-b694163e132cee55af2aa2d08af1a478]: Art. 3 substituted (30.11.2025) by The Power to Award Degrees etc. (TEC Partnership) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/940), arts. 1, 2(3)

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