The Education (Recognised Bodies) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2005

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 591

EDUCATION

The Education (Recognised Bodies) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2005

Made

22nd November 2005

Coming into force

2nd December 2005

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

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Education (Recognised Bodies) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 2nd December 2005.

(2) This Order shall extend to Scotland only.

Amendment of the Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1999

2.  The Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1999(2) is amended as follows.

3.  In the Schedule–

(a) omit–

(i) “Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education”;

(ii) “London Guildhall University”;

(iii) “The London Institute”;

(iv) “University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology”;

(v) “University of North London”;

(vi) “Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland”;

(vii) “The School of Advanced Study”;

(viii) “School of Slavonic and East European Studies”;

(ix) “South Bank University”;

(x) “The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College”;

(xi) “Wye College”;

(b) for “Anglia Polytechnic University”, substitute “Anglia Ruskin University”;

(c) after “The Archbishop of Canterbury”, insert “University of the Arts, London”;

(d) for “Bath Spa University College”, substitute “Bath Spa University”;

(e) for “Bolton Institute of Higher Education”, substitute “The University of Bolton”;

(f) for “Canterbury Christ Church University College”, substitute “Canterbury Christ Church University”;

(g) before “University of Central England in Birmingham”, insert “Cardiff University (Prifysgol Caerdydd)”;

(h) after “University of Central Lancashire”, insert “University of Chester”;

(i) for “University College Chichester”, substitute “The University of Chichester”;

(j) after “Cranfield University”, insert “University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester”;

(k) after “University of East London”, insert “Edge Hill College of Higher Education”;

(l) after “University of Exeter”, insert “University College Falmouth”;

(m) after “University of Greenwich”, insert “University of Gloucestershire”;

(n) for “University of Kent at Canterbury”, substitute “University of Kent”;

(o) for “University of Lincolnshire and Humberside”, substitute “University of Lincoln”;

(p) after “University of Liverpool”, insert “Liverpool Hope University”;

(q) after “University of London”, insert “London Metropolitan University” and “London South Bank University”;

(r) for “Napier University, Edinburgh”, substitute “Napier University”;

(s) for “University College Northampton”, substitute “The University of Northampton”;

(t) for “Roehampton Institute London”, substitute “Roehampton University”;

(u) for “The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow”, substitute “The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama”;

(v) after “University of Southampton”, insert “Southampton Solent University”;

(w) for “University of Wales”, substitute “University of Wales (Prifysgol Cymru)”;

(x) after “University of Westminster”, insert “The University of Winchester”;

(y) for “University College Worcester”, substitute “University of Worcester”;

(z) after “University of York”, insert “York St John College”;

(aa) after “Birkbeck College”, insert “The Central School of Speech and Drama”;

(bb) for “Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine”, substitute “Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (also known as Imperial College, London)”;

(cc) for “Queen Mary and Westfield College”, substitute “Queen Mary and Westfield College, (also known as Queen Mary, University of London)”;

(dd) after “Queen Mary and Westfield College”, insert “Royal Academy of Music”; and

(ee) for “Royal Holloway and Bedford New College”, substitute “Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (also known as Royal Holloway, University of London)”.

NICOL STEPHEN

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

22nd November 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1999 (the “1999 Order”) which was made prior to Devolution lists all of the bodies appearing to the Secretary of State to be recognised bodies. Recognised bodies are bodies which fall within either section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988. Such bodies are either:

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

(b) bodies which are for the time being permitted by any body falling within (a) to act on its behalf in the granting of degrees.

Section 214 of the Education Reform Act 1988 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” include awards granted or to be granted by a recognised body. Any body listed in the 1999 Order is conclusively presumed to be a recognised body for the purposes of section 214.

This Order amends the 1999 Order so as to update the list of bodies that was originally included in the Schedule to the 1999 Order. A number of bodies are omitted from the Schedule, as they no longer have degree awarding powers. This Order also adds a number of new bodies to the Schedule, as these bodies appear to the Scottish Ministers to fall within (a) or (b) above. A number of minor amendments have also been made to the Schedule to take account of name changes since the 1999 Order was made.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business or charities.

(1)

1988 c. 40. Relevant modifications 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 as regards Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(2)

S.I. 1999/833.