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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 406

EDUCATION

The Education (Listed Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2002

Made

3rd September 2002

Coming into force

26th September 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 216(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988(1), hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

1.  This Order may be cited as the Education (Listed Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2002, shall come into force on 26th September 2002 and shall extend to Scotland only.

Designated bodies

2.  The bodies which are specified in the Schedule to this Order comprise all those bodies which appear to the Scottish Ministers to fall within section 216(3) of the Education Reform Act 1988.

Revocation

3.  The Education (Listed Bodies) Order 2000(2) is hereby revoked.

IAIN GRAY

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

3rd September 2002

Article 2

SCHEDULE

PART IPROVIDERS OF COURSES LEADING TO A DEGREE

PART IIINSTITUTIONS OF A UNIVERSITY

PART IIIPROVIDERS OF COURSES LEADING TO A FOUNDATION DEGREE

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order lists the name of each body which is not a recognised body within section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988 but which either–

(a)provides any course which is in preparation for a degree to be granted by such a recognised body and is approved by or on behalf of that body; or

(b)is a constituent college, school, hall or other institution of a university which is such a recognised body.

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 section (a) to act on their behalf in the granting of degrees.

Such degrees are “recognised awards” and section 214(1) of the Act, which makes it an offence to grant or issue any invitation relating to certain unrecognised degrees and awards, does not apply to them.

The Order updates and replaces the list of bodies contained in the Education (Listed Bodies) Order 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/293), which is revoked. It adds a new list, at Part III of the Schedule, of institutions offering courses leading only to Foundation Degrees. The Foundation Degree is a new English qualification, at a level below the Bachelor’s Degree, available after two years of study. (A number of institutions included in Part I offering courses leading to a degree also offer courses leading to a Foundation Degree.)

The Order also omits a number of institutions previously within the list but which are no longer validated by a recognised body, adds a number of institutions which have become listed bodies by virtue of new validation arrangements, and incorporates other minor amendments and name changes.

(1)

1988 c. 40. Relevant modifications are contained in The Scotland Act 1988 (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).