Part 2Review of student complaints

11Qualifying institutions

In this Part “qualifying institution” means any of the following institutions F1...—

(a)

a university F2in England or Wales (whether or not receiving financial support under section 65 of the 1992 Act F3or section 39 or 93 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (“the 2017 Act”)) whose entitlement to grant awards is conferred or confirmed by—

(i)

an Act of Parliament,

(ii)

a Royal Charter, or

(iii)

an order under section 76 of the 1992 Act F4or section 42 or 45 of the 2017 Act;

(b)

a constituent college, school or hall or other institution F5in England or Wales of a university falling within paragraph (a);

(c)

an institution F6in England or Wales conducted by a higher education corporation;

(d)

F7an institution in Wales which is a designated institution, as defined by section 72(3) of the 1992 Act.

F8(da)

an institution in England which is a registered higher education provider as defined by section 85 of the 2017 Act (other than one within paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section);

F9(e)

an institution F10in England or Wales (other than one within F11any of the preceding paragraphs of this section) which provides higher education courses which are designated for the purposes of section 22 of the 1998 Act by or under regulations under that section;

F12(ea)

an institution in England (other than one within any of the preceding paragraphs of this section) which provides higher education courses leading to the grant of an award by or on behalf of—

(i)

another institution in England within another paragraph of this section, or

(ii)

the Office for Students where the grant is authorised by regulations under section 51(1) of the 2017 Act;

(f)

an institution F13in England or Wales (other than one within another paragraph of this section) whose entitlement to grant awards is conferred by an order under section 76(1) of the 1992 Act F14or section 42 or 45 of the 2017 Act.