2000 No. 3327
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Education (Recognised Bodies) (England) Order 2000
Made 11th December 2000
Coming into force 22nd December 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 216(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988 the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Order:
1988 c. 40.

1 1 This Order may be cited as the Education (Recognised Bodies) (England) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 22nd December 2000.
2 This Order extends to England only.
The Secretary of State can exercise the power under section 216(1) only in relation to England: see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672). The Secretary of State’s functions under the Education Reform Act 1988 were transferred, in or as regards Scotland, to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
2 The bodies which are specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as bodies which appear to the Secretary of State to be recognised bodies.
3 The Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1999 is hereby revoked.
S.I.1999/833.
Tessa Blackstone Minister of State Department for Education and Employment 11th December 2000
SCHEDULE
Article 2
University of Aberdeen
University of Abertay Dundee
Anglia Polytechnic University
The Archbishop of Canterbury
Aston University
University of Bath
Bath Spa University College
University of Birmingham
Bolton Institute of Higher Education
Bournemouth University
University of Bradford
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
Brunel University
University of Buckingham
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
University of Cambridge
Canterbury Christ Church University College
University of Central England in Birmingham
University of Central Lancashire
Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education
University College, Chichester
City University
Coventry University
Cranfield University
De Montfort University
University of Derby
University of Dundee
University of Durham
University of East Anglia
University of East London
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Glamorgan (Prifysgol Morgannwg)
University of Glasgow
Glasgow Caledonian University
University of Greenwich
Harper Adams University College
Henley Management College
Heriot-Watt University
University of Hertfordshire
University of Huddersfield
University of Hull
University of Keele
University of Kent at Canterbury
Kingston University
University of Lancaster
University of Leeds
Leeds Metropolitan University
University of Leicester
University of Lincolnshire and Humberside
University of Liverpool
Liverpool John Moores University
University of London
London Guildhall University
The London Institute
Loughborough University
University of Luton
University of Manchester
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Middlesex University
Napier University, Edinburgh
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of North London
University College Northampton
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
University of Nottingham
The Nottingham Trent University
Open University
University of Oxford
Oxford Brookes University
University of Paisley
University of Plymouth
University of Portsmouth
Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland
Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
The Queen’s University of Belfast
University of Reading
The Robert Gordon University
Royal Agricultural College
Royal College of Art
Royal College of Music
The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
University of Salford
University of Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam University
South Bank University
University of Southampton
University of St Andrews
Staffordshire University
University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde
University of Sunderland
University of Surrey
University of Surrey, Roehampton
The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
University of Sussex
University of Teesside
Thames Valley University
University of Ulster
University of Wales
University of Warwick
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of Westminster
University of Wolverhampton
University College Worcester
University of York

Schools, Colleges and Institutes of the University of London permitted by the University to award University of London degrees
Birkbeck College
Goldsmiths College
Heythrop College
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Institute of Education
Kings College London
London Business School
London School of Economics and Political Science
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Queen Mary and Westfield College
Royal Academy of Music
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
The Royal Veterinary College
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Pharmacy
St George’s Hospital Medical School
University College London

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order lists all those bodies which appear to the Secretary of State to be recognised bodies within section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988. These are universities, colleges or other bodies which are authorised by Royal Charter or by or under Act of Parliament to grant degrees and other bodies for the time being permitted by these bodies to act on their behalf in the granting of degrees. An award granted by such a body is not an award of a kind referred to in section 214(1), which makes it an offence to grant, offer to grant, or issue any invitation relating to certain unrecognised degrees and awards.
Power to make orders under section 216(1) is devolved to Wales by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I.1999/672) and to Scotland by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
This Order updates and replaces the list of bodies contained in the Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1999, which is revoked. It includes a number of institutions which have been authorised to award degrees under section 76 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), and section 48 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act (c. 37). It also includes a number of schools, colleges and institutes of London University which have been permitted by the University to award University of London degrees.